Mollie's 1st Birthday

Good morning, birthday girl!!

It seems impossible that we've already had a whole year with Mollie!

They seem to get faster and faster.

We had a pretty low-key day.

The focus for Mollie was cake, anyway, and presents, so anything else was secondary.

Getting started opening her presents, with three assistants ready and waiting to assist : )

I love these Pottery Barn frames. I have one for each child, and it goes from Newborn to 1 year. It's fun to look back on all of them and see how much they change over the course of a year. Amazing. What a blessing to be doing this for the fourth time.

Fun story. We went to the beach with a group of friends when Kate was 13 months old. One of the kids had a piano like this, and Kate couldn't get enough of it.

We've looked for one ever since, and FINALLY found one six years later.

So Mollie gets to enjoy it now : )

Her very own ride-on/push toy.

And, now the part she's been waiting for!!

Sizing it up, planning a strategy.

I always wonder if any of them are going to repeat Kate's moves

(she face-planted into her first cake, and then did the same thing on her 2nd birthday).

Nope, just a dainty little taste.

Not sure what happened here, but Mollie wasn't happy about something.

"It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to!"

Feeling better. Got some icing on her nose, and in her eyelashes...

And then just all over the side of her face and partially in her hair.

I think it's safe to say she liked her cake!

I love her expression here.

Happy 1st Birthday Mollie Gage!

You are a blessing and a gift from the Lord.