The day they celebrated my first birthday..by Jamison

 So they keep telling me I'm one.
And holding up a finger.
I don't really get it, but i usually just smile and wave.

On this particular day they set this little cake in front of me and starting singing a song really loud.
And believe me, when i say loud, it's loud.
Mommy says there was 16 people singing to me.

 I felt bad, but i couldn't help it.. It sounded so bad, i had to cry.

 Uncle Mike said look! it's a cake! Touch it, eat it!
Actually i heard many voices that day.
It was all so overwhelming.

Cautiously i began to reach in..

 Ever so cautiously.
because you never know.

The moment i finally did touch it, they all begged me to taste it..
So i did. 

Hey it wasn't bad!

 This was so exciting to everyone around me.
Specially my brother, sister and cousins..
They loved to help and offer advice.

 I really did start getting the hang of it after awhile.

 And my goal was to devour the whole thing.

 But i got kinda distracted with cousin Kylie.. and couldn't help but put my icing hands in her hair.

 Then i thought, Hey! while everyone is watching.. why not charm them a little!!

 Like i said. so much attention, so much love from the cousin and siblings.

 It started becoming too much for me to handle.. i tried to hang in there, because they kept chanting at me..
Eat it!
Dig in it!
and stuff like that...

 But it was sticky..

 And i couldn't handle it anymore!!
Mom! Save me! i hollered.

 Stop taking pictures and rescue me..!

 Daddy dove in and offered me some water.
Which did help.
But i was done.
And when a one year old is done there is no keeping on.

That was quite the experience!
It's not every day you are told to make a mess....
And i got to take a bath afterwards, which is like one of my favorite things to do.

Well I'd better go..
It's time to go make a mess by digging stuff out of cupboards...
and when I'm tired of that I'll go find my mama and cry at her feet.
Life is busy when you are one!!