i have a ONE YEAR OLD!!!!

yes, yes it is true. i do in fact have a child that is one year old!!! and she is so delicious. she is becoming the funniest kid ever!!! i am so lucky that i get to be her mom. don't get me wrong, she definitely has her moments when i wish that someone else would be her mom for a minute, but those don't last long!!! (usually) anyhow, we had a little party for her, and it was a lot of fun. she loves her little cousins, not always so fond of the adults, but she gets over it.  i even got to bake, which i love to do (ya i know, who knew that i would ever be able to do a thing in the kitchen, but it turns out i can bake).  I love cupcakes, so i made the barefoot contessa coconut cupcakes, which were FABULOUS!!!  and then some chocolate ones too!!   they were yummy,  and i am certain that i ate more than anyone else!!!!  i also made zoia her own cake, thinking that she would love to get messy and have her very own cake to eat, but she barely even poked at it....  bummer, maybe next year!!  anyhow, it was a fun night.  lots of food and presents and family.... she loved it!!!!