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Ati's Birthday - July 11

9/21/2012

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So, Ati's first birthday with our family was celebrated on July 11, 2012, and I'm only now posting about it! She turned 3 years old!
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Erica designed this decoration of Ati's Amharic nickname!
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Well, actually Ati got a jump start on her birthday. She celebrated a day early with family - and what better place than at Jordan's!




Now, I know that everyone's going to hate me for posting this next one, but it's the best pic I've got of the whole crew - including some random people in the background - even if Neal is the only one aware of the camera.
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Neal and Lydia were up for the week with Cohen and Nell. Ann-Elise was there too as were Nana and Grandpa!
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The next day was Ati's actual birthday and she found herself consigned to a bowl of Cinnamon Life cereal. (She still hadn't developed a taste for hot dogs.)
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Her face brightened, however, as she realized there was so much more to life than... well... Life...
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Thanks Erica, for the awesome cupcakes - can you make some for my birthday??





Friends, young and old, had a chance to join in the fun.
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Turns out that our neighbor, Jan, shares the same birthday with Ati!!
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Let's take one more look at those cupcakes.
                                                                            Hungry yet?
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I was thinking of writing about some cool metaphorical significance here but it's late and so I'll just say this is a neat picture of a very colorful butterfly balloon from Mandy.
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Final words of wisdom: 

                   
                    Birthdays should be celebrated with joy whether you're 3 or 83,
and family pictures will ALWAYS be hard to take and even worse to be in!
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Thank you God for our beautiful little girl! May we treat her as the treasure she is.
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