Lisa's First Birthday celebration

Well I was kind of sad that nobody was around to celebrate Lisa's first birthday with us so I decided to do something special for her. Photographers here are so expensive, and the ones that are not too expensive charge you like 125 dollars per digital file. I thought it was ridiculous. However, I did find a lady that does this as a hobby and the gives you the digital files with the price of the session. One of the hardest things that I have to deal with here is that the culture is very different. I do pretty well, I have had the ability to assimilate and adapt to the culture, but it is still hard when things that are important to me are not so important for Mike. Not because he doesn't care but because he doesn't understand why.
Birthdays and special occasions are one. The first birthday of your child is one of the most important things ever in Mexico. People go to great lengths to make sure that this day does not go unnoticed, to the contrary we are used to big celebrations. I still remember when I realized that here babies get a little homemade cake and that is it. Again, don't get me wrong I don't think that's bad. it i just not what I am accustomed to. Anyway, I don't think I need to justify it I just thought it was an interesting thing to note.
Here are our favorite pictures. In the first one she looks a lot like Mike, especially that smile

Did you think I was going to leave my other child out of the pictures?