Happy First Birthday Violet!!!

Anna, Nikolai and Helena helped us celebrate Violet's actual birthday with take-out Indian food and chocolate cupcakes. Yes, Violet enjoys Indian food. She loved the cupcake, and would have finished the whole thing if I didn't mind my dining room covered in chocolate.

We will have had Violet with us for six months in a few days, and the time has flown by, measured in happy surprises and constant change. When we first met Violet, she had no teeth, and now she has seven. Her head was very wobbly and she had just learned to roll over, and now she is near walking. She was drinking formula with rice cereal, and now she is eating Indian! The thing that remains the same is her enthusiasm and curiosity.