Hailey turned one year old a week ago, and in true Hailey style, it was memorable!
The evening before her first birthday (Thursday night), we had a really powerful 10 minute storm blow through Michigan which took out power for a lot of people - our house included.
After we got home from dinner...Hailey decided that it was a good time to do something special. Apparently, she really wanted to get in another 'first' before she turned one the next day, because with two flashlights trained on her...Hailey took her first steps!!!
Four big steps... all on her own with no support, no power and no CAMERA.
That's my girl!
While we had planned on taking her someplace special on her birthday (we intended on going to Saugatuck), Nathan and I spent the day moving our frozen food over to Mom and Dad's (ice cream soup...yuck!). We also decided that it was hard to have a party with no power, so we moved the next day's celebration over to Mom and Dad's house as well. That particular decision was pretty easy for me to make since I did not have the opportunity to get the doors back on my kitchen cabinets!
So, because Hailey missed out on a day trip to an artsy town on the big lake, we took her to the next best thing...Build-A-Bear Workshop! Nathan and I had a pretty good time 'helping' her pick out a bear and stuff it. Of course, we were more into it than she was (we almost came home with an entire bear wardrobe) but I think in the end she really liked 'Bug-A-Bear'. The rest of her birthday was spent playing at Grandma and Grandpa's house.
The party the next day was crazy! There were so many people there and so much food! I think Hailey was in a bit of a daze to have so much attention. She received so many great gifts and she really wanted to play with them all! She loved her books, 'CD player', cell phone and popper - all the gifts were perfect. The highlight of the whole day had to be when we gave Hailey her first birthday cake (banana cake with chocolate and pink frosting) - she went to town smashing it and eating cake by the handful. She was so messy, we had to give her a quick bath (sorry about the cake ring in the tub Mom!).The party was so much fun - and more than a little stressful with the last minute location change! I can't believe its really over! 
And so my daughter is now one year old. Looking back, the whole event seems to me to paint a pretty good portrait of Hailey and her life:
* Forging ahead and 'taking steps' forward regardless of how dark it might be.
* Jumping in and enjoying life - even if it means you get cake in your nose and have to have a bath.
* Being surrounded by so much love that you can't even walk through a room without a hug and a kiss.
I hope you had a happy birthday Bug-A-Boo, you might be too young to remember it, but I certainly won't be forgetting it anytime soon!
(oh...the power came on at our house about 2 hours after the party finished)!
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