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Happy 1st Birthday Ruthie! 

Today is Ruthie's first birthday!  It is amazing that it has been a full year since her arrival, and her "birth day" will be a day we will never forget. Here is a picture of her this day last year, and a picture taken yesterday. What a difference a year makes! Tonight Ruthie will taste her first cupcake, Mom and Dad will sing to her, and she'll open a few gifts (we'll be sure to post something tomorrow). She'll be having a joint birthday party next weekend with our neighbor, Andrew, who was born on the same day within hours and doors away, and know the party will be a blast! Thank you, friends and family, for your sweet messages, calls and e-mails wishing our sweetie a Happy Birthday! We love you so much sweet Ruthie!