'zuki birthday weekend
its hard to imagine that 1 year ago today, after 30+ hours of labor, at 9:11 am, 'zuki was born. here's her weekend breakdown...

saturday...
we had 'parent and me' water fun at the local college's pool. its only her second class, but this time she had to wear a swimming cap and googles (i don't know why since she never got water on her head or her eyes). the cap does not do her justice.

happy baby before water...

...not so happy baby in water.

someone is not having a good time...
...prob cuz of the cap.

after swimming (and crying), we had lunch and decided to give 'zuki her birthday cake early since we were going to be busy on sunday. i think she was full from lunch cuz she didn't want to try the cake.

happy baby likes candle. not so sure about new food.

'that thing is not going in my mouth'

'i said, its not going in!'

it went in...and came back out.

later on at dinner time, we tried the cake again and she liked it. maybe she was full. also my wife tricked me and gave me a piece of the cake. after i had ate it, she told me she made it with her breastmilk. nice. maybe that's why it came back out of 'zuki.

later we took a stroll at the marina and watched some ships sail.

sunday...
happy birthday 'zuki!
you're 1 now.

good morning birthday girl

start your birthday morning with a bump to the head

we were invited to a combined birthday party of a 'mommy and me' group my wife goes to. of course it was kinda weird since the party wasn't for 'zuki (and it's actually her birthday on that day), and all the 'birthday kids' birthdays had passed or was coming up. the party was at gymboree, which is a whole new thing to me. its basically a play room and the employee there helps with physical activites for the kids.

princess for the day

daddy's litle princess

1 ball...

...2 balls...
...where'd the orange one go?

'watch where you stick that finger boy, or i'll bite it off'

after we were done, i think i was more tired than 'zuki. we went home and i took a nap.
'zuki was a trooper. after about one and a half hour into the party, the babies got tired and started to cry. but 'zuki didn't cry. she toughed it out to the very end. happy birthday 'zuki.