I can't believe we are celebrating Arianna's first birthday! Time has sure flown by this year. She is such a joy in our lives and I can't imagine life without her. She makes us smile all the time. She loves people and always has a smile on her face for everyone to see. She is into everything now. She is walking very well. She loves to give me hugs and kisses (well, open-mouth and slobbery raspberries is more like it). She has a total of 16 teeth, very unusual for this age I suppose. She still sleeps very well at night for us, which is a good thing because I am a monster when I am sleep-deprived. She loves her big brother, Christian, and loves it when he plays with her. She also loves to go into his room. We keep her out most of the time by shutting the door but if she disappears and we don't hear a peep out of her, more than likely she got into his room and into one of toys. Since we just moved to Syracuse and don't know many people, we decided to travel to Jason and Sunshine's home in PA to celebrate her birthday together. My friend Denise and her daughter, Julie drove up from Harrisburg to join us. I decided to make it easier on myself and order a subway platter for lunch. It was a very nice day and things went rather well considering the temperament of a one year old. Her birthday theme was Baby Einstein and since we couldn't buy a baby einstein cake, Sunshine and I decided to make one out of cupcakes. I think it turned out pretty good for a homemade cake. We attempted to make the worm that Arianna loves so much when she watches her video. Whenever she sees the worm, she smiles really big at it. It was no where near the quality of the cakes on Food Network's Ace of Cake or Cake boss, but I think we did okay with it. I don't think Arianna knew the difference, which is what matters!
