I am ONE.

And I tasted chocolate. And loved it.

I discovered that I do not like birthday hats at all.

I played with toys with my cousins present. (Notice I did not say that I played with my cousins. I still prefer toys over little people. Except maybe for Jayden, who I like to hug and steamroll when he is most helpless.)

Mama and Daddy gave me a little party with my cousins, and we exchanged books. Grandpa John came all the way from New Jersey to visit with me on my birthday. I was shy at first, but kissing him by the time he left.

And now, I'm one. What do one-year-olds do anyways? I guess I'll just have to find out.

Oh, I did learn a new trick. I wave bye-bye to signal to mama that I am ready for whatever we are doing to end. She likes it.