have your cake and eat it too

Well, it's a little late but, last week was Aidan's first birthday. It's hard to believe that it has already been a year, time really does go faster with kids. He got some toys and some books and some clothes for his birthday. Since he has so many friends we decided not to have a birthday party. Like he is going to remember it anyway. We did, however, let him have a birthday cake. He had a round of pound cake with blueberries and whipped cream, and a very tall candle. He was very intrigued by the fire, of course. He wasn't too sure what was going on with the singing and this thing in front of him. We don't usually let him eat with his hands so he didn't know if he could touch the cake or not. He stuck his fingers in the whipped cream first and couldn't decide if he should put it in his mouth. Eventually (with some verbal prompting) he did and he thought it was good. He did he fake laugh and looked at us like he couldn't believe that we were letting him eat this. We broke up the cake into finger sized pieces and he chowed down. He was shoveling it in quickly, he knew his good fortune would soon be over and we would take the sugar away. We let him eat about half of the cake and all of the blueberries and even provided some extra whipped cream. He was very happy... until it was gone. He bounced around the rest of the night, I don't know if it was the sugar or if it was just normal. He never really gets sugar, unless my mom is giving him ice cream, but that isn't too often and definitely not this much. It was a fun time to watch Aidan eat with reckless abandon and laugh about it. It was also fun to think back on the last year, on everything that has happened, what we were doing, and how much Aidan has grown. He is such a sweet boy and I know I have been blessed tremendously as a wife and a mother. Father, please call my son and allow him to become a great man after Your heart, like his father!