July 27

Today was important for two reasons:

1. It was Chris' 32nd birthday.

2. It was Lily's first bath!

I feel a little bit bad that we waited until she was 8 days old to give her a bath, but she just didn't seem to need one! But during nap time today, Chris decided Lily was ready. Since Chris has given each of our kids their first baths, he gets to be the decider about things like that. Lily actually did pretty well!

No, she's not crying. It's a pre-bath yawn. Apparently she found bathtime preparations to be quite dull.

Ah! Look at that sweet, naked baby!

Chris has his baby-washing technique down pat!

Oops. Lily didn't like the actual washing of her body. Poor thing. But then, they never do. Remember Daisy's first bath?

But just like Daisy, Lily really liked the hair-washing part.

And her favorite part was when Daddy rinsed her hair under the faucet.

There. A clean, happy girl, all bundled up in her towel.

And just for fun...

Caleb after his first bath,

And Daisy after her first bath.

Funny, isn't it? I'm pretty sure Daisy wins for "Most Dramatic"

But the bigger event was Chris' birthday. Having a week-old baby really put a cramp in any festivities we might have had, but Chris didn't seem to mind. I made banana bread the night before, and he fed it to Caleb and Daisy for breakfast, calling it, "Banana birthday cake".

Then he took the older two on a long bike ride.

After naps, they went to the library, the local high school track to run/play in the grass/play in the sand, and then a quick visit to his parents. Here are some cell phone photos Chris took of the kids at the track:

Apparently Caleb tried the long jump today!

Daisy, however, simply enjoyed playing in what she thought was a giant sand box.

For dinner, we splurged and had some pizza from Cecil Whittaker's. They have a gluten-free pizza that the kids can eat as a special treat. Though dinnertime has been really challenging lately (the kids are in the midst of a really picky/uncooperative phase when it comes to dinner), they eagerly ate their pizza and asked for more. Perhaps it was the promise of birthday cake that got them eating...

Yep. I made Chris a real, made-from-boxed-cake-mix, preservative-filled, sugar-filled, chemical-filled birthday cake. And we let the kids eat it, too.

And it was delicious.

Lily was happy to partake in the festivities in any way she could.

Caleb eagerly sang, "Happy Birthday" to his Daddy.

Chris blew out both candles in a single breath!

And Daisy was just delighted by the whole thing.

Happy Birthday to the best husband and Daddy we could have ever hoped for!

(I just headed to bed, and found this. Couldn't help but put it on the blog. He's a good man, that husband of mine!)