FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!

Okay this is off the topic but I'm going to say it anyway. I've been having a lot of problems with this certain person in my "family". From this point on I will refer to this person as D.A. ( you can figure out what that stands for yourself). It is impossible to reach an understanding with D.A. because D.A. does not think or reason like you and me and D.A. likes to TWIST your words and come up with his/her own story, which is amazingly off from what actually happened. It just amazes me. I have never dealt with someone more moronic in my entire life. Why am I telling you guys about this amazingly dim-witted person, because I just want to remind you all that when someone tells you a story of an argument, please ALWAYS remember that there are 2 sides to that story. D.A. has run off and told everyone who will listen to him/her a COMPLETELY different story (leaving out many bits and pieces and adding in false bits and pieces) than has actually been happening over the past 11 years I've known D.A. It baffles me that anyone could TWIST the facts so much and come out with such a different story than what actually happened. But I'm over it, I give up on trying to reason with D.A. and feel the relationship is too far gone to ever be reconciled. In conclusion to this very boring story, I just have to say Thank God Jon and I didn't have a biological child together because it seriously wouldn't be worth the risk of that child inheriting the brain and emotional problems of D.A. I would hate to have a child that was this unreasonable and ludicrous.

Dominick's birthday turned out great. I cooked a gumbo and Jon and my immediate family and some special friends of ours came over.

Dominick's birthday theme was rubber duckies, only because I wanted it to have something he liked and knew about and he loves ducks and says "quack, quack" in the cutest voice when he sees a duck. I ordered all his stuff off the internet. They had other cute themes like cars and trucks, but he's not into any of that yet so I was limited in my choices.

I ordered his cake from Albertson's and because it was his 1st b-day, they threw in an additional FREE smash cake for him and a package containing a #1 candle, a balloon, and a disposable camera. So for those of you planning a 1st b-day, I'd highly recommend getting the cake from Alberston's. Only $14.99 and they let me choose the icing, filling, type of cake batter, etc.

This is the FREE smash cake they gave us.

Here's my little one year old smiling at his Tio (uncle/godfather).

Dominick opening all of his presents with help from his Momma and Tio.

Dominick laughing at his Tio again while Paw Paw held him.

This was not the cake Dominick was supposed to smash but while I was holding it next to him and we were singing Happy Birthday, he reached over and grabbed a handful of cake. Then he didn't know what to do with it so he tried to hand it to me and then plopped it on the floor. He hadn't realised at this point that this was something very good to eat.

I didn't give him the entire smash cake but we gave him a piece of cake and this is what it looked like after about 10 minutes of playing with it. Needless to say he went straight into the bath tub after this.

We have this all on video and you can here my brother (Tio) chanting

"You're gonna have purple poo-poo"

to Dominick. I guess that's what uncles are for.