Karina is 1 year old!

The past year has flashed by and our Karina is now one year old!  Her birthday was this past Saturday.  Since her birthday coincides with our anniversary (yes, last year we spent our anniversary in the hospital), Emily's parents came over around noon while Mommy and Daddy snuck out for a quick lunch at a restaurant.  It was very strange to be able to hold a conversation without being interrupted by a little girl every 20 seconds.

Later that afternoon, we baked cupcakes for Karina.  Eliana helped out.

We all had dinner together.  Karina now wants to eat whatever she sees the grown-ups eating and will point, beg, and scream until someone hands over their food.  We were having ribs that night, which we didn't think was appropriate for her, so Karina had to just deal.

Then we opened presents, or rather, Eliana helped to open Karina's presents.

The birthday girl got a toy cell phone for her birthday!  She is constantly wanting to play with ours, which we rarely let her since she likes to slime them with her saliva.

Here is Karina multi-tasking--both standing up AND pressing on the buttons.

And she knows to put it up to her ear!

Afterwards, we sung happy birthday for her in English and Portuguese.

Eliana helped to blow the candle out.  And Karina thoroughly enjoyed the frosting.  After eating about a third of the cupcake, she threw the rest on the ground and started begging for another one--one with more icing.

We gave her instead a graham cracker with a little more icing.

Which she smeared on her face.  It made her look like Santa Claus.

And there you have it.  Our Karina is growing up quickly, learning new signs everyday, and we think will be walking soon too!  (Yes, her pajama pants are way too long, but just right around her very ample waist, buns, and thighs.  If we used pants that were the right length, they would never make it over her thighs.)