Chapter 29

Nothing really happened during the 2 months between my birthday and Davanee's birthday. I was more excited about Davanee's birthday then I was my own. 15th birthday wasn't really that big a deal but 1st birthday was. We started the day off like we do every day, except I said happy birthday to Davanee that morning. She just looked up and smiled a toothless grin at me.

Normally Davanee would just wear jeans and a t-shirt but not that day. She wore a pink dress with stockings and black dress shoes that day. I knew that as she got older, she wouldn't want to wear that kind of stuff all day so I took advantage of it. I do have to admit, she looked pretty cute in that dress. I took her out to the kitchen were Darry was making breakfast.

"You know she's gonna hate you when she gets older for making her wear all those dresses" said Darry.

"She will not" I said, placing Davanee in her highchair. "Are you workin' today?" I asked, getting the baby food out of the pantry.

"Yeah, but I'm comin' home around 1" said Darry.

"What about Soda?" I asked, trying to get Davanee to eat something.

"I think so" said Darry, "but I think he's comin' home early too. Hey, are you goin' to school tonight?"

"Probably not" I said, "if that's ok."

"Yeah I guess you can stay home this once. I mean, your kids 1st birthday only happens once" said Darry.

I was going to say something but then I heard Two-Bit and Steve come in.

"Where's the birthday girl?" asked Two-Bit.

"Right here in her highchair" I said.

"She doesn't look a year old" said Steve.

"Maybe she's small for her age" I said.

"Maybe" said Steve.

"So what are you guys doing today?" asked Two-Bit.

"I've got a couple of errands to run this morning. You guys are coming over later, right?" I asked.

"Yeah. We wouldn't miss her birthday" said Two-Bit.

"Good. Darry, can you watch her while I get a shower and get dressed?" I asked.

"Of course" said Darry. So I got a shower and got dressed. While I was getting dressed, I woke Soda up so he wouldn't be late. He protested at first but eventually got out of bed.

Once I was done, Davanee and I went out. I had to get the cakes and ice cream for later. Darry ordered the cakes yesterday. One was a little pink cake that said 1st birthday in white icing. That one was for Davanee. The other one was bigger. It was white with pink, yellow, and purple flowers that said happy birthday Davanee in pink. Then we got the ice-cream. It was just plain chocolate. We took the cakes and ice-cream home so the ice-cream wouldn't melt.

Once I put the cakes and ice-cream away, I put Davanee down for a nap. She gets cranky if she doesn't nap. I just waited for everybody to get home while Davanee was asleep. The first to come home was Anya. She only had a half day at school that day.

"How was school?" I asked.

"It was ok. It's not like anything can happen on a half day" said Anya.

"True" I said.

We waited a little while longer for someone else to come home. After about an hour or so, everybody was sitting in our living room waiting for Davanee to wake up. We watched TV and played cards while we waited. I was right in the middle of a card game when I heard her crying.

"She's up" I said, going into the nursery.

I picked her up out of her crib and brought her out to the living room. I had to open all her presents for her. She mostly got stuff she really needed, like clothes and stuff like that.

After the presents we all sat down to dinner and after dinner came the cake and ice cream. Davanee got her own cake. She looked at me a bit confused, like she didn't know what she was suppose to do with it. I gave her a little taste of the cake. Once she tasted it, she stuck both of her hands in. She ended up getting more on her face then in her mouth.

Once we were done with the cake and ice cream, I had to give Davanee a bath. Once we had finished with the bath, and I had finished cleaning up the puddle of water on the floor, I put Davanee to bed. I still couldn't believe she was a year old. It didn't feel like a year had passed. She didn't even look a year old.

I laid her down in her crib and gave her a kiss goodnight. She gave me butterfly kisses.

I'm sorry to say that this is the last chapter, but don't worry, there's going to be a sequel.