Again, the plight of the sad second child is to have all posts about them up not even in their birthday month. Sorry Fae! The perk of the second child is that we are veterans at birthday parties by now and I think we did this one right.
Way back in January I entered a lottery to rent a beach hot from the Seattle Parks Department. Talk about foresight! Growing up my family had most of the birthdays in the spring or in the fall. That continued with Kamel being September and Gabe being March. But now finally we get to celebrate a full-fledged summer baby.
We did hot dogs on the grill, potato salad, macaroni salad, all the chips, and a cake that I had made from Safeway where I specified “covered in flowers.”
It was really good.
All the babies came to play. Babies upon babies, passed around, chased away from the grill, rolled in grass, cuddled, and tossed, and sunscreened.
Fae was super impressed with all of her gifts and made her signature “ohh!!” face the entire present-opening time.
To everyone who couldn’t make it, we missed you! And to everyone who came – thank you so much for making Fae’s first birthday so incredibly fun, laid back, and super summery.
*Kamel is the man behind the camera, but we need to do a better job of making sure he is actually IN the photos. **My dad was also ever-present, running about as he does, handling all the things and chatting with all of the people. I was so disappointed he wasn't pictured, but he is a hard one to pin down!
These pictures are SO GOOD! Then I saw your note about how Kamel was the photographer and agree that the photographer needs to be pictured, too. And your dad. Let me know when you figure out a solution for everyday photos (other than hiring someone, like you did for Fae’s baptism- awesome idea btw). I am in 5% of the photos because I’m usually the one taking them! sigh.
Cute dress!
I really like the photo of Gabe on the log. Nice shot, Kamel!