Brooklyn's 1st Birthday Party

Saturday September 26, 2015

Daddy and the birthday girl

Playing with Brooklyn’s toys

Amy and Clara

Alaina showing Brooklyn how to use her new xylophone

Our Russian friends got Brooklyn a wobbly bell doll

Brooklyn enjoying the new English books from our American neighbors

Duplos from Mom and Dad

Steven, Meghan & Anna

Evgenia, Margo & Maksym

Margo 

Alaina

Meghan and Anna

Margo playing with the Russian wobbly bell doll

Anna 

Anna playing with the string

An attempt to get a photo of all the little girls

Margo is letting us know if that puzzle piece is tasty enough

Brooklyn, the birthday girl 

Cupcake time! 

Yeah I’m one, now hand that over! 

First taste

What’s up? Why are you taking my photo while I eat?

Time for a real bite this time

Mmm chocolate and sugar

She left a decent dent

Brooklyn playing with the Russian wobbly bell doll

Sneaky little girl interested in more cupcakes!

Mmm nom nom

What I can’t grab another one? 

Family picture after Brooklyn’s first birthday party

Brooklyn 11 Months

September 6/7, 2015

Hugging her doggy

11 months old and she still can contort to shapes babies make in the womb

Cheesin for the camera

Brooklyn now scrunches up her nose to smile for the camera

”Eh!” One of Brooklyn’s favorite “words” Who taught this kid Canandian? ;)

More nose scrunch