Friday, July 10, 2009

Happy Birthday

Sofía is officially one year old. We had such a busy weekend that we wore little Sofía out. We started out the day by getting up early and meeting the McConkie/Beasley family at the parade in Provo. Burke was nice enough to get up before everyone else to snab a perfect spot. I believe he was there at 3 am.

As you can tell Sofía enjoyed the parade. What's not to like? There was music which she danced to. There was plenty of applause from the crowd which she clapped with. There was food which she ate. Best of all, there were plenty of family whom she played with. She warmed up to Uncle Burke instantly.

This is the ideal. You can hold the baby and then give her back to her parents when you're done. Rather, I think LaMonte and Callae would have taken her home if we had asked them to. Sofía was taking it all in.

Since neither Jeff or I have much experience in throwing big parties we thought we'd keep it simple. We opened gifts and ate cake & ice cream. This actually took place the day AFTER because on the fourth we were out all day.



We helped her blow out her candle. All week I had been practicing with her on how to blow. She got to where she could do it, but I guess she got stage fright.
Sofía usually likes to flip off whatever is on her plate on to the floor. I'm guessing she liked the cake and ice cream too much to spoil it.

5 comments:

alison said...

Wow a year old! I remember when you brought her to the company picnic. She was so tiny and cute. One is a fun age, isn't it? Hope to see you Monday!

Kim and Dave said...

You never realize how fast time flys till you have a little one. Can't believe she's the big ONE already. Darling little girl, and you all a such a cute family.

Caryl McConkie said...

It's wonderful to see sweet Sofia's birthday pictures. I wish I could have been there to see her enjoy her cake. It looks like you had her ready for the full experience! Love you!

Heidi Bingham said...

oh my, she is so big now and so cute!!! I hope you guys can come here in September. Happy Birthday Sofia!

Elizabeth said...

Darling pictures. Wish we could have been there last week to see you all in person. We'll look forward to seeing you sometime soon. Happy Birthday to darling little Sofia!