Sadie's First Birthday - Ides of March

March 15 is the one year mark for my beautiful daughter's life. I did my best to make her birthday wonderful, even though she will not remember. But I want her to be able to look at picture ten, maybe twenty years down the road, and think "My momma really did love me."

It was sad her father could not be here for her birthday and he was devastated on the phone, but he had somewhere he needed to be, and we both are understanding.

I made my daughter's cake myself. I did not want to go out and buy one, and plus it helped me practice with cake decorating a little bit more. All in all, I was pretty proud of it.

Buying presents for a one year old I found rather difficult. It either buy her a toy that she will play with for a couple minutes and then move her way to the toy's box, which is way more interesting or not buy anything, cause well she's one, but feel terrible. So, what did momma get her? Momma bought her a Radio Flyer Wagon. Not a plastic one, but the one like that made in the old days, metal. It has all-terrain wheels, so dirt trails will not be a problem.

At the end of it all, we had a wonderful day. I'm so happy to have her in my life. Maybe she's changed it for me. It is no longer "Beware of the Ides of March" I celebrate that day.