Belated birthday celebration

We were bad parents. Wait. I take it back. We were exhausted, loving parents who forgot to celebrate their twins first birthday. It was nigh-night time (7:30pm) when we realized that we forgot to break out the birthday cakes. And at that point, we were not going to introduce them to their first taste of baby crack right before their bedtime (and our dinner break). Honestly, it hasn’t been feeling much like a vacation since the babies have been getting up at 12:30am (Luca) and 5am (Milo). We were moving the babies from room to room trying to figure out the best setup. At one point, Luca was in our room and once he realized we were just a few steps away, he milked it. This got him an instant upgrade to the our bed when we were sleepsitting. I think some of it can be blamed on the new environment and the elevation in Denver. On my second day, I felt like poop and puked twice. Not good.

So today we set them up next to each other at the dinner table, poised our iPhones and cameras and captured their first taste of chocolate. It was really precious how they each had their own way of handling and discovering it. Milo pounded and destroyed his cake. Luca was more precise on how he touched it. It was pure happiness to watch them.

Cousin Sophia did the honors of blowing out the candles.

Cousin Sophia exposing her armpit to Milo. She learned this from me (Aunt Tram).