happy birthday amelia harper!

miss millie was not overly impressed with her pretty pink party dress...

 or with the fancy pearl bracelet that she finally had a reason to wear...

(thanks aunt lori!)

or with her happy birthday tiara...

or with left-over christmas presents that i disguised as birthday presents...

(really mom, more books?)

but the cake was a totally different story. this is what the fuss was all about.

what is this pretty round thing? it has my name on it. 

why is the pretty round thing on fire? why did you move the pretty round thing away from me? why are the lights turned off? and why, oh why, are you all singing that off-key song?

let her eat cake.

millie so vividly demonstrated what we've learned about her this last year - she is a little lady who makes no apologies for what she likes and dislikes. in the best of times and in the worst of times, she lets her voice be heard. life with a toddler, here we come!

happy birthday sweet girl!