Birthday and Fall fun

We have to take a quick break from the trip report because somebody had a birthday:


Who could that be?

Our little Juniper turned 1 on the 15th! What a big girl!


She was the first of our three kids to actually eat her birthday cake in her highchair with her hands. Paisley fell asleep on her 1st birthday; Majil didn't want to get dirty, so she kept her hands away from that pesky cake. Junie? Dove in...full fist of cake, right to the mouth. The picture above was about the 2nd bite. It was totally worth it...until I tried to get her out of the seat. Do you know how much frosting can be absorbed in the webbing of the seatbelt thing?


Her birthday party was pretty low-key; the majority of our family (immediate and extended) were sick. All except Juniper! We elected to postpone her party until everyone was better to try to prevent her from catching it. However, she seems to be a total immunological champion. I don't know if it's the orphanage effect or something, but she's tough!

We also played outside today, which was a great change from a surprisingly cold few weeks of October and the nice weather helped the girls feel better than they have been feeling. They had a great time jumping in the leaves and we possibly got our Christmas card photo! In the past, it's always a challenge to get the girls looking cute, hair in place, BOTH looking at the camera for the picture. Now that we have 3, we have an automatic pass to use "artistic license" and have thrown all that out the window. Pretty...darn...cute...I'd say.


Also, I love this picture below. This was the first morning after I got home from Ethiopia.


More trip info soon!