(From this angle it totally looks like a hamburger bun, but I assure you it was indeed a small heart-shaped pound cake.)After that, per our family tradition, we put Kam through the torture of taking more photos than he was interested in being part of, though given his young age and short time with us, we only subjected him to 15 minutes or so. We did let him know that next year he would be fully tortured with the full hour plus session. :)
Taking photos was so funny today--the difference between a child "trained" by my ever-present camera for two years and one who is still adjusting to his new family was...well...very evident. :) Kamron is such a serious little guy whenever we are out and about, though he has begun to ham it up quite a bit at home. His smile is so adorable--it lights up his whole face--but you'll have to take my word for it, because Kam decided to be mostly stoic for his one year old birthday pics. (And as you can see, Ned was not at all stoic about celebrating her little brother's first birthday. Ned is, after all, rarely described by the word "stoic.")
Our first stop was that concrete wall at UWM again. I love that wall for background contrast and I just wasn't happy with the last round of pics there. (Guess what? I'm not satisfied with these either, but I need to wait for Kam to be home a while longer before I try again. I was hoping to capture the smiles we get at home here, but when he's away from home he clams up a bit. Brave little guy, such a huge series of life adjustments for such a little being. And then there's that dang teething...ugh.)
Handsome little fella.
We appliqued the "1" on his shirt. Dan and I have to work on our appliqueing skills. :)
Just look at that face. 
And big sister, who, after inspecting Kamron's shirt this morning (and pointing out it's flaws, I might add) announced, "Hey Mama, I'm gonna wear my 3 shirt today and that way me and Kamron are both wearing numbers and we'll know how old we are when we look at these pictures, okay?" That Ned. She's a thinker. 
I had to go to work for a couple hours this afternoon after the brief stop at the concrete wall. When I got home, everyone was rested and ready to go so we walked to Big Bay Park for some time at the lake. Kamron has been to the lake a few times. He likes it a lot. He likes the sound of waves and would eat the entire beach of sand if we let him. (I'll never understand that--why do kids repeatedly try to eat sand? One try I get--heck it might be sugar for goodness sake--but after that first gritty tongue coating? I mean, they go back for more?!?) Needless to say, no photos of Kam on the sand because it takes all of us to police his sand-eating ways. 
Feet! Soooooo cute. He crosses his feet a lot. 
Kam likes the breakwater. He laughs and laughs when I run him out on it. 
And we brought the tripod for some family shots! I think these came out super cute. 
Ned's "scrunched nose" look of irritation. It's sooooooo funny.
Happy birthday, Kam. We love you. We can't wait to watch you bloom over the next year.
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Happy birthday Kam!! You're so brilliant. We have a little gift for him ... well, more for mommy & daddy. Would it be okay if we stopped by with it sometime soon?
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