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We made a very quick trip to Omaha on Saturday for Wyatt’s first birthday party.

I thought I grabbed my camera (which oddly enough, is working just fine now), but instead I picked up the one Katie lent me. It’s still out of batteries, so I had to rely on my phone–that’s why these photos are blurry(ier than normal).

Here’s the birthday boy…

…and his partner in crime.

Debbie and Jason had an adorable gingerbread man theme.

Wyatt was a huge fan of the cake, and he liked the attention that came with it, too.

Doug had his camera at the ready, so I’ll post a link to his online gallery when it’s live.

His shots may even be in focus!

Doug’s photos of Olivia’s first birthday are up here. Check them out here.

Thanks, Doug!

We celebrated Olivia’s first birthday with a fish-themed part at Doug and Karyl’s. They agreed to host it, probably not knowing what an undertaking it would be. We had nearly 40 guests, 15 pounds of pulled pork and four cakes.

Fortunately, Olivia managed to be awake for most of it!

Liv received many nice gifts. In fact, I should be writing thank you notes instead of working on the blog right now.

Ava and Leo helped open presents, something which Olivia has yet to fully appreciate.

The whole family singing “Happy Birthday”–note Doug taking photos in the foreground. I’ll post a link when they’re up!

Any daughter of mine should know what do with a piece of cake, but Olivia seems flummoxed.

Help is on the way…

I’d throw a party a month if I could always count on this much help. Thanks to Doug, Karyl, Mom, Dave, Gramma, Grampa, Katie, Jess and of course, Bryan.

Photo credits to Mom, Dave and Gramma.

Last Friday was Olivia’s first birthday.

We started the day at Gramma’s, then visited Rose at the Post Office. Ava had a great time there–she mailed a package to herself and learned the inner workings of the U.S. postal system.

We joined Dad and Grandpa for a game of Phase 10 and a bit of Husker pre-game prep.

Olivia managed to wear herself out early in the day. Rooting for the Huskers is hard work.

At this point in the trip, Ava asked if she could take a photo using our camera. Since it had been more than a year since she broke our last digital camera, I decided the request was reasonable.

It was not.

I’ve managed to pull together photos from the rest of trip thanks to Mom, Gramma (photo at top) and the camera Katie confiscated from one of her students. (I cannot, however, figure out how to charge said camera, so really it’s been a week since I’ve shot anything at all.)

So, while I don’t have photos, I can tell you that Doug and Karyl joined us at Gramma and Grampa’s to cheer the Huskers to victory and engage in some serious party prep.

I’ll post photos from the party tomorrow!