Callie!

Callie turned one last week. It was such a raucous party, though, I couldn't write about it until now. Recovering, don't you know.

Actually, Charles just pulled his photographs off of his phone, and since the Bizzles blogged about it, I shamelessly stole photos in which we appeared Right Off Their Site!

Here we are prepping for the part-ay: everyone has to eat. Iain had rice cereal, Kate and Callie had foods higher up the Baby Food Chain. Please note that I am wearing both green and blue in this photograph. In other words: no, I don't wear black all the time.



Check out the duck. Callie has a duck fetish. As you can see, Iain was unsure what the wooden spoon was for, and Kate just wanted to give the duck some love. Callie, on the other hand, was a killer. See the video at their blog if you don't believe me.

Bizzles, complete with Mommy Bizzle trying to eat Callie's hand.

Later, there was cake. Callie had a cake all to herself. This was her first experience with sugar, and it's hard to tell what she thought. It took about 3 minutes of smooshing before she experimented with putting it in her mouth (as opposed to Iain, who puts everything in his mouth ASAP). Once there, she seemed interested, but didn't dive in face-first (as I expected, and would have done myself).

So happy birthday, Callie. It's hard to believe you're already one. Pretty soon it'll be hogs, kegs and boys named "Butch." Unless your dad gets that shotgun he's been talking about.