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Today was a wonderful day!!!! I woke up this morning before Sienna because I was so excited. As you all know from our two previous posts that IT'S SIENNA'S FIRST BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!

I decorated the night before so when baby girl woke up the whole dining room was ready for her special day. Thanks to my Mommy (who sent us decorations) there was a happy birthday banner, a fiesta banner, balloons, plates, cups, napkins, a candle and wrapping paper!! She woke up to 8 huge balloons and instantly said "WHAAAATS THAT?!". She loved playing with them. After birthday breakfast Jacques, myself & Sienna went for a walk down our street. It was a treat for Sienna and I because it's usually the two of us. How nice!

We got Sienna ready for the beach and headed over to Colleen and Matt's. They got her a cute little boat toy we can bring to the beach or put in the tub or use anywhere. THANKS GUYS!! Their card was too cute; they took a picture of Sienna sleeping on the beach and made it into a b-day card. So thoughtful...

We dropped John (Uncle Bird) off to surf @ playa domes (it's his last day). And the three of us headed to the Caribbean side of town. Most of the beaches there are sandy bottoms and perfect for us to swim with Sienna. She LOVES the water so it was a perfect day to take her out there. She was cracking up and having a great time. We realized we forgot to pack her bathing suit so the BIRTHDAY girl went swimming in her BIRTHDAY SUIT! We sat right in front of Rincon Ocean Villa and they were setting up for a wedding. http://www.rinconoceanvilla.com/ The DJ was testing his equipment and Sienna was jamming out and dancing all around to Black Eyed Peas (like we do at the house!). She was totally in her element and it was the icing on the cake. A perfect beach day with my boyfriend and baby girl.

After frolicking in the warm waters of the Caribbean we made it back to the house. We had a couple people over for dinner and gave Sienna her guava pastries. She loves them! They are these flaky puff pasty with guava within the layers, sprinkled with powdered sugar. Easy for her to eat because they crumble up and she just takes handfuls of them. We serenaded her with happy birthday and gave her some green beans and mac-n-cheese (her favorite).

What a wonderful day. If only we had endless money to fly our friends and family down here to share in the celebration.

Turning 1 years old brings many milestones. Sienna is a toddler. Her car seat faces forward instead of backwards (she loves it!!). We can now switch to whole milk instead of formula (we are doing the 1/2 formula 1/2 milk as of right now). She can have peanut butter (loves peanut butter and guava jelly sandwiches). And she can errrr, have seafood, even though she had it before! Little story: we went out to eat at Outback when we were in Jersey. Sienna was about 10 months old. We munched out on king crab legs and coconut shrimp. We gave Sienna both!! The next day we go to a routine check up to her pediatrician and he states "Ok, not peanut butter or seafood until she is a year". Jacques and I both look at each other like "Ohm Shit". But she was fine, they say that because there is a high rate of allergic reactions in young children. Now she can munch on basically anything (except nuts and raisins, etc.)

WOW. It seems like only yesterday I was a nervous, excited, anxious mess waiting to meet my little angel that was growing inside of me for 9 months. She came into this word weighing 6lbs 3oz at 3:04pm on December 12th, 2008. Now it's 9:06pm on December 12th, 2009. I just put my little 25+lb healthy princess to bed. She's sound asleep after a long day of celebration. All for her, our little wonderful bundle of joy. My love for her cannot be accounted for through words, it's higher than that. I am so thankful we are complete. :)