Does a party make it official?

We had Chie's first birthday party on Saturday. Since a picture tells a thousand words, or more, I'll just let the shots that we captured tell the story. Well, okay, there's a little commentary.

I took a few pictures before things got going of the table. Decorations were simple because, well, she's one.





I stole the cupcake idea from . But candles will be next year. I didn't think fire was a good idea around babies. The yellow cupcakes are banana and the pink are applesauce spice.



And here's her tiny cake, also sans candle.



Gus made this beautiful fruit platter; I thought we needed more than cake, even if I did attempt to make it low-sugar.



I love Izze. They're a responsible company and they make fabulous drinks out of real stuff. There's a whole serving of fruit in there!

I didn't do a very good job at capturing the guests or happenings because I was busy with The Pea, but here are a few attendees:



Lindsey with her mom, Lisa.



Teddy, who was born within a month of Chie, as was Lindsey.



Most of Gus' family (his step-dad's hand is around C)



Lindsey and Teddy's dads are on the chairs, and that's Teddy's mom, Angie. I'm trying to corral the birthday girl in the midst of all her presents. She got a couple of great toys and books from her friends and some clothes from the Grands. And we got passes to OMSI and The Children's Museum, too.

Oh, and Gus was behind the video camera for most of the party or dealing with Issues.

And then, there was The Cake:



The first foray. She was quite dainty about it.



I think that she was fascinated by the discs.



She finally put her fingers in her mouth, and then licked them!



I think that she thought that she was being naughty.



And then she just sat back and took it all in for a moment. You can almost see her tastebuds assessing things.





And then the smearing began. I let her get a few bites in but then scooped it off and gave her some real food.

And that was her first birthday party.