Vision: Happy Birthday Eve Mahealani

Friday, November 14, 2008

Happy Birthday Eve Mahealani

She got so shy, excited and extremely happy when everyone in the room started singing happy birthday to her. It was a sweet moment to witness.

We were afraid that she was going to try to eat the flame so Mark & I ended up blowing out the candle.

She surprised us. I thought she was going to grab a big chunk of the cake and make a mess but instead she delicately grabbed the bananas to eat. I was so proud! I felt that I taught her well to eat the healthy foods of course.

These are the girls she usually plays with and Kainoa is her little man.

At first I was afraid to give her cake because of all the sugar but I decided to make the cake a little bit more healthy so I could feel good about it. Instead of using oil I used plain yogurt and instead of frosting I used pudding. For the pudding I used fat free milk. I didn't realize how much milk pudding calls for, practically more than half of the ingredients is milk. Yeah! Then I topped it off with a bunch of fresh strawberries and bananas. Eve loved her birthday cake!

Eve just loved all of her gifts. Especially the teddy bear that grandma & grandpa Vega got her. Thank you so much family & friends for your generosity.

We ended up switching Eve's birthday dress because she got cake all over it.
As we had this dinner party for Eve my heart was full of gratitude. I'm so grateful to my Heavenly Father that he has blessed me with Eve Mahealani in my life. My love for her is inmeasurable. Her birthday was a joyous day. We started off the day by taking her swimming at the recreation center. She loves the water! She had a really fun time with her daddy, mommy & aunty Nancy. After swimming we came home to get things prepared for the dinner. Eve took a 3 hour nap because she was so exhausted from the swimming. After dinner Mark played a song on his guitar for Eve. It's so nice to have someone in the family who is musically inclined. All in all it was a fantastic evening. I'm so grateful for my sister who helped a great deal for Eve's dinner. There are hardly any pictures of Nancy with Eve that night because she was to busy serving by being our photographer and everything else. Thanx sis we love you.

2 comments:

ashley said...: happy birthday miss eve! ivy keeps hitting the screen and saying baby baby!
she is so cute.

glad you got to have fun with nancy too! she must miss you guys like crazy.; November 21, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Taylor Family said...: I LOVE her little hawaiian dresses! She is so adorable. Happy first b-day Eve, and good job keeping the festivities health y ;); November 21, 2008 at 10:53 PM

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