After 5 days of preparing different flavored ice creams, chocolate cake, cupcakes and papaya burgers, we celebrated Trinity’s first birthday last night. Trinity was in top form after her 3-hour nap, although a little discombobulated by the arrival of so many little people. We had 7 children (two were younger than Trinity) and 16 adults that came to join in our celebration, in spite of the constant rain due to the tropical depression in our region. Everyone seemed to have lots of fun, and Trinity is still beside herself with the joy of new toys to play with.

It’s hard to believe that a year ago I spent the better part of 10 hours at Oakland’s Kaiser hospital waiting to push Trinity out into the world. She has been a constant delight and joy ever since then. And I know I’m biased because she’s my baby, but I’m not the only one who thinks she’s a truly awesome creature. Check Rai’s blog at http://isahrai.com/quixotic to see a couple of recent photos of Trinity and also a video of her singing debut.

Happy Birthday Trinity! It’s been a fabulous year, and we look forward to many, many more!