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....Any way you say it, it means HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!
Happy birthday, Nara Jane. She turned one year old today. What a happy birthday she has had too. We have had a few parties so that everyone could make it and be involved.
Her first one was a week ago with Nenna and Uncle Heffe along with Mel, Jack and Grandma Great. It was a nice little party with a few gifts, laughs, and a very red ladybug cake. Needless to say, the red and chocolate of the cake looked like Nara was participating in some act of bloody carnage.

Another party we had took place on Friday, the day before her actual birthday. It was full of pizza, cake, friends, and laughing. Jon and Tamina were so kind to  let us do it at their house. Our house is just too tight for more than a few people at a time, let alone several very active kids. Nara loved playing with her friends Noah, Adam, Ari, Sarah, Sam, Maylee, and Liam (So glad our friends Tyler and Anne could come). Nara had so much fun riding zebras, climbing up and down and up and down and up and down the stairs, playing chase, playing with toys, and especially sneaking bread sticks from the pizza boxes as well as others plates.
While she was playing, I took a seat by Ari and Tamina. Ari was playing with my arm, something I didn't really think about. Soon she was stroking my arm, or so I thought. Tamina soon said "Well hello, Jen!" I look down and see that it was Tamina who was stroking my arm, not to her knowledge of course. Ari had a hold of  my arm and Tamina's hand and she was puppeteering the act of Tamina petting my arm. Come to find out, Tamina thought that it was Ari's arm while I thought it was Ari's hand. So funny!
Here is the birthday cake from Friday. It kinda turned out like a hat, but it was really good, a scratch Hershey's cake that looked similar to red velvet. Nara sure liked it. She is a huge fan of chocolate chips so, naturally, we had to add some to her own cake. She wasn't as messy as with her ladybug cake, but she still got it all over herself.

Saturday night we went to Tucanos, with Uncle Anthouny and Aunt Elisha, where Nara got a free birthday dinner postcard in the mail. She loved the olives, rice and beans, cheese, and pao de queijo (that's my favorite too) along with different meats and abacaxi (brown sugar and pineapple grilled). Yummy.

The last birthday celebration is on Sunday when she gets to have ice cream with Grandma and Grandpa Morgan. Lucky girl. Happy birthday, sweetheart. She is such a joy and delight and the best thing that could happen to Chris and me. Chris is such a proud daddy and I'm such a proud mommy of our baby girl. Love you baby, happy birthday.