The Big One -- Happy Birthday to Us

This week the Bambino turned one, and I hit a milestone myself. We celebrated with two cakes, thanks to my fabulously talented sister C. The Bambino, with his allergic tendencies, settled for Cheerios, his new favourite food. It seems almost sacrilegious that he didn't get to shove a fist into homemade buttercream icing, as has been the tradition with all the babies in our family. But he really didn't seem bothered by this. With all the attention lavished on him by his older sister, cousins, aunts, uncles, and nonni, along with enough toys to fill a room (including a new set of wheels) he was happily occupied.