Monday, January 23, 2006

Megan's First Birthday

Megan had a wonderful first birthday.

We started the day with breakfast at the Original Pancake House here in Salem. This was very appropriate as Megan's first real outting was to the Portland Original Pancake House (at 5 days old). This time, though, Megan was chowing down pancakes.



We then tried to do some shopping at Toys-R-Us, but a hospital page cut our trip short. After a little detour to Salem General, we headed home for a nap.

Then the party started! Great Aunt Sharon and Mac's mom ('Mamaw') helped us celebrate. First there was ripping into gifts (and spending an excessive amount of time with the cards and bows instead of the box contents). Mac was extremely jealous that Megan got a tractor before he did!



Then Megan attacked the cupcake. Actually, this was pretty dull. Megan was criticized for being too neat, and I was criticized for choosing yellow cake instead of messy chocolate (but I don't like chocolate). The best part was the traditional birthday accordian serenade by Aunt Sharon, only the second time I've seen the performance (Mac and I have only heard it over the phone for our birthdays) - Megan could only give a wide-eyed stare at the bellowing box, but warmed up to it when she got to push the keys.



And on to the cake:












Megan needed us to feed her a bite before she figured out that she was supposed to eat the thing, but after that she put a good deal of it away-certainly enough to get hopped up on sugar!

Happy Birthday, Megabeth!

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