Another six months gone and my girl is a year old today. Even if I want to express my joy writing that she has grown up to a toddler I feel a hidden pain inside. Every month I see a bit of my motherhood going away. Sometimes by acknowledging she no longer needs baby milk, sometimes by perceiving she can now stand without my support. Sometimes by seeing she can hold her bottle on her own other times by knowing she can now play and explore free and wild.
The baby duffel bag is getting empty and the light weight of it is telling me that this too shall be be forgotten and tossed away in a corner. I will be able to wear heels and carry my fave handbags again. I will be able to wear necklace and keep my hair untied. I will be able to do hundred things again but will the joy be the same?? or will it be a constant reminder that once upon a time I used to carry someone so close to me. I guess i will surely miss the pulling of my hair strands, collar buttons, the snatching of earrings and spewing on my sleeves. Ah! the list goes on.
Before I start missing another zillion things I must celebrate her year of first. Our sweet girl turned one in August last year, and I wanted to do an inexpensive DIY cake smash and first birthday shoot, so I scoured Pinterest for ideas! Since cake smash sessions can be pretty expensive I decided to do it myself and save some money. Don’t be afraid to have your own photo shoots and cake smashes with your babes!! It’s nice to have the professional first birthday pictures, but if you don’t have the extra money to spend, you can totally do it yourself and make it amazing! Whatever you chose to do, it will be so special. I brought a full size cake from Kroger's and sprinkled it all over like I did on her six months birthday cake. (Oh! the memory washed me in nostalgia when we were celebrating her half birthday with half cake and she could barely sit up or move).
I was little curious how will she react to a cake? Will she just ignore it, get scared or be clueless seeing a puddle of cream and crumbs. Instead we were surprised to see her digging into the cake and gobble up handful of calories!! The fun part was to enjoy her expressions as she smashed and licked the frosty disaster. She created a beautiful mess!!
Happy birthday Anika.
We celebrate everything about you and love you one hundred red M&Ms.
