Madeline turns one!

Our little Madeline has come a long way. These are similar photos at 3 months and at one year… she still loves the light Pepe put up for her (click either to enlarge):

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Here is her 12 month outfit:

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This morning we celebrated keeping a human alive for a year with mimosas:

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And then we had a little birthday party.

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There were sunflower cupcakes, a pumpkin spiced cake disguised as a pumpkin…

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…and neat acorn-shaped dew drops (Timbits for my fellow Canadians) dipped in Nutella and chocolate sprinkles or heath:

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We had real corn stalks, and scarecrows… a real fall birthday!

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Her favorite gift, I think, was the Pandora bracelet from Mem.

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This became clear to the entire neighborhood the moment we tried to take it from her to put on:

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