And now we pretend there are 14 months in a year

Amelia had a slew of first birthday celebrations (2 months ago), including a party in Iowa (3 months ago). I know that one day Amelia will go looking through this blog archive and find there is nothing in September or even October to commemorate her turning 1.  I only hope she will search in November and understand how much she was loved despite our apparent inability to post in anything resembling a punctual nature.

At very long last here are just a few birthday photos.

Here she is at Martha’s looking not so sure about this whole birthday thing.

Checking out the present in the box.

Getting more excited about the gift opening process now.

She likes cake! Her “actual” birthday.

Doing it all yet again at a party with a few of her friends.