keyas first birthday party!

we celebrated keyas first birthday on oct 16 with a fun sesame street/primary color themed party. we had a blast with yummy indian and chinese food, a ton of candy and dessert, and an awesome cake!  most of our friends from chicago were able to make it, along with our new friends from wisconsin.  Plus both of keyas aunts flew in for the big event, and her favorite cousins rowan and laurel, and both sets of grandparents...what a lucky girl!  Hopefully keya had as much fun as we did throwing it! 

note from the author

ok im actually the dumbest person on earth and didnt know there was a 2011 version of blogger and i have been using the old blogger that needs to be written in some code that i learned in cs 105 freshman year and for the last 14 months, i have waited hours for pictures to download and then i forget my witty comments for the captions, and really its just been such a nightmare. however, you should be proud and amazed and in awe at my dedication for practically being like bill gates and doing my blog manually. seriously you should be. thank you and good day.

one year old!

 pout pout pout i hate dresses!!!!!!!!!!!

 o wait. theres a sign!

 Bear, i knew you would show up today, i really thought so!

 come here you!

 WAKE UP BEAR.

 hi, im cute!

 being forced to reenact mommys first birthday picture.

 vintage!

 im so hilarous in this evening gown!

i see london, i see france! giggle.

keyas birthday morning

10-12-11!

k and ajoba on her birthday morning
doing a small puja to celebrate being one!
naked baby
i fly like paper get high like planes. o wait thats not appropriate, darn you MIA
princess cupcakes. something had to have a princess theme
decor for her big day and roses from her proud daddy!
kisses from cousin roro!
cousin love with the newest member, lolo
back off cuz. let me show you how this thing movessssssssss.
happy burday to my little dolly!

SMASH CUPCAKE. the first time k ever had anything remotely dessert like.

not happy that the cupcake is all gone.

keyas birthday started out with singing her favorite song (the keya sophia one) and ended with pizza, cupcakes, and wine (for the adults) ((and dexter for jake and i)). she woke up and knew something was special because we normally are grumpy when she wakes up and try to make her cuddle in bed with us while she points at the fan and flirts with it. this time, we came into her room with great fanfare and sang her happy birthday and came downstairs and it was all decorated! she loved the balloons and then she had a photoshoot with her main squeeze The Bear wearing MY first birthday dress that my parents saved for 29 years (which barely fit her). after that, she napped and then got to eat all her favorite foods and i went shopping while aaji and ajoba babysat (her birthday is kind of my day too right - i mean i had to go through major surgery to get that sucker out and hello, i became a mom!). then we came home and jakey bought her roses for her birthday which she wasnt really interested in and then her favorite cousins roro and lolo came over with aunt jen and grandma and grandpa! aunt jen and rowan and laurel flew all the way from seattle to celebrate keyas big day and they had fun gossiping and hanging out and doing fun cousin things like ignoring each other and trying to go for the same toys and ignoring little lolo (who we got to see for the first time, what a cute little ball!). then we sang birthday songs and keya got to eat her first cupcake and we had pizza and it was just OH SO FUN. BEING ONE IS AWESOME GUYS. IT REALLY IS.

to my baby...

dear keya,

today you became a big girl and turned a whole year old. mommy and daddy are so proud of all your accomplishments and think you are the biggest blessing and the most beautiful gift. this past year has been the most life changing, thrilling, tiring, unpredictable, happy, and unbelievable year of our life. it sounds like a cliche but we really dont remember lives without you. even when we hang out with our friends and have our alone time, its not the same as it used to be - you are always on our mind, and we are always worrying about whether you sleep well, eat well, and are healthy and happy. we are so lucky that you are such a pleasant human and you always have a smile on your face. there have been times that we have been frustrated because we didnt know what we were doing (sorry about that) and there are times that you have taught us that we really do have a lot of patience and maybe we arent so bad at this parenting thing. you have taught us how to enjoy the simplest things in life, and you have made us closer and more in love purely because of your existence. you made us into a family and there are no words to explain how much we love you and how we will do anything in our power to protect you and keep you safe and happy and healthy. there are times that i wish i could put you back in my tummy just to protect you. we cant wait for more amazement and all the happy days ahead of us. always remember, mommy and daddy love you.

aaji and ajoba photoshoot

me and my booboohead
about to eat a leaf
what are they laughing at, ma???
my aj and ajobs!
me and aaji! its fun to pull off those things on her shirt. that be coo, yo.