{"id":1066,"date":"2013-11-27T18:57:30","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T18:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/family.manandyak.com\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2013-11-27T18:57:30","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T18:57:30","slug":"1st-birthday-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/family.manandyak.com\/?p=1066","title":{"rendered":"1st Birthday Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some additional photos from Josef’s birthday.\u00a0 Oma and Opa came all the way from Florida to celebrate with us.\u00a0 All the family was there: Aunt Deb and Mary and Will Grandpa Steve, Great-Grandma, and Aunt Sarah and Uncle JD.\u00a0 Rachael made a spiced carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, and a plate of brownies for everyone to enjoy.\u00a0 Josef got his own special little carrot cake cupcake, that was made with almond flour and honey.\u00a0 (Still trying to hold the refined sugars and processed foods at bay as long as we can!)<\/p>\n

Josef was in great spirits.\u00a0 The relatively small crowd of close family kept things from being too overwhelming for him.\u00a0 He was fascinated by the balloons, pointing each one out and saying “booon!”\u00a0 That was his first word!\u00a0 We ended up keeping some of the decorations up for a month, he enjoyed seeing the balloons so much.<\/p>\n

He received many wonderful gifts: a silver cup, spoon, and fork from Oma and Opa, soft leather moccasins from Sarah and JD, lots of clothes from Great-Grandma, long undies from Grandpa Steve, a big fluffy bear from Gramheart, and plenty more.\u00a0 I was much relieved to note the absence of any irritating bleep-bloop, battery-operated, noise-making, parental torment devices in the loot pile!<\/p>\n

Looking back on these photos my heart is so touched to see that sweet expression on his face as he gets his cake and presents.\u00a0 Wonder and innocence and joy, with a tinge of confusion as to all the fuss.\u00a0 It was a proud moment for his parents, to celebrate that milestone!\u00a0 One trip around the sun complete…<\/p>\n