Brooke had a great first birthday.  She started it off with all her friends at stroller strides.  She enjoyed chatting and playing with them as she always does every morning and then she shared homemade cupcakes with the class.  Everyone sang her happy birthday and she was very happy and danced in her stroller.

Then after a long nap, we all went to the beach.  Brooke was born after her mom and dad had a day at the beach with a lot of walking so it seemed fitting for Brooke to spend her birthday there.  She played with her friend Mattie who joined us.  Brooke walked to the water several times and loved playing in the waves.  She kept wanting to go deeper and deeper into the waves that eventually her shorts got wet.  She cannot wait until the water gets warmer to go for a swim!  Also she sampled the sand at 17th street to see if it tasted the same as the 1st street sand she had in March.  She said she noted a slight hint of bamboo reeds in this one and less horseshoe crab flavor.

Once we returned home she opened her birthday gifts from family.  Thank you for all her amazing gifts, she will enjoy them all. Finally, she got a story from mom and dad, The Three Little Javalinas, and passed out from her busy day!

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