and we've become the "princess party palace" host to hughes of all pink and purple princesses just in time to replace the former "poison palace". When we moved to Gulf Drive or just shortly before, we received a letter stating that we should be aware that our apartment may or may not contain lead paint because it was constructed before 1978. Being the very new mom that I was, I freaked out about bringing our sweet Wyatt James into a place with poison! Neither David nor I had ever really lived in a place that was "pre-1978". After all, we were born in 78 and we are from California...isn't everything in California new construction??? Upon calling the seminary and trying to understand how this would affect us we learned that our apartment had been painted over many many times and we shouldn't be concerned. When we arrived we were quickly relieved that there were babies all around us and none suffered from the ill effects of lead inspite of their "poison palace" locale!
That stated, gone are the days of poison palaces and new are our experiences with so much pink, purple, and princesses! Addie Grace celebrated a birthday week as she turned one. On Monday, her actual birthday, we served her a candle-lit eggo waffle and she really was unsure of any reason to celebrate. That was about the jist of her celebration because Memaw and Tetee arrived on Wednesday so we had the complete celebration on Thursday. We stopped at a local cupcake bar and picked up some gourmet cupcakes for the party and this really seemed to make her a little more excited about her birthday. After all, it isn't a birthday if you are served the same old waffle breakfast as every other morning. She really enjoyed the buttercream frosting as did Wyatt and the rest of us!!!! Yea Jilly's! (the cupcake bar)
And as for presents, what better occasion than a first birthday to introduce our little peach to baby dolls and shades of pink and purple everything! Sweet Addie Grace has pretty much spent her first year in a world of planes, trains, and automobiles. She loves them all the same because anything Wyatt does is good enough for her and pretty much the only thing she wants to do. She has never complained and barely shown interest in girly dolls and the like. So turning one would mark a milestone entrance into the world of dress up and playing mom. Addie got a baby doll, bed, stoller and several little people toys in pink and purple rather than the usual primary colors we strut all over the house. In hind sight, I've realized though, that most of these little toys that sport girly colors are still vehicles by nature...the fairytale princess horse and carriage and the little mom-suv with baby in tow! She couldn't be happier to drive her girl cars next to her big brother and his big rig!
Happy Birthday Peach! You have been a true joy this first year of your life and we look forward to many more:)
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Happy belated Birthday, Addie!!!!
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