Happy, Happy Birthday Baby

It’s my baby girl’s first birthday today. I can’t believe she’s one. The time has really flown. Of course, a baby photo is required to mark the occasion. Here we go:

The real reason for my excitement is that we get to flip the car seat around, AND no more formula! I swear, the rule of no milk until age one, must have been created by Enfamil and Similac. But it’s whole milk for us! Saving lots of money, money, money! Yippee!

For today’s history trivia, here’s the history of the birthday cake:

Some say the Greeks used to take cakes to the temple of the Goddess of the moon, Artemis. They took round cakes to represent the full moon. Another view is that the tradition of the birthday cake started in Germany. A bread was made in the shape of baby Jesus’ swaddling clothes. Geburtstagorten is another type of German cake that has been used for birthday. Hundreds of years ago it was customary to add small surprises to birthday cakes. When the guests received a slice, the different items were used to predict the future. Coins meant great wealth, a thimble meant you’d never marry.

**Can you imagine how ticked off a guest might have been if they got a thimble in their slice?