The Birthday

Here's the big frst birthday recap.  It started on Tuesday with her actual birthday.

Opening her gift that her Godparents sent.  They sent a children's Bible.  She loves it!

Giving Mama a hug first thing in the morning.

Chowing on the chocolate chip pancakes daddy made for breakfast.  She was too busy shoveling them in to pose for a picture.  These are most definitely her favorite!

She had fun lifting her tutu and spinning in a circle all day.

We went with lots of friends to McD's for lunch.  Anna enjoyed playing with all of the kiddos.

And for dinner we went to a local authentic Italian restaurant that we all love.  They have straight from Italy gelato and Anna was a big fan.  :-)

Then we continued celebrating with her giraffe themed first birthday party on Saturday.

Here's the cake I made for her.  It turned out like I wanted it to :-)

And the cupcakes with the chocolate giraffe on top.

Throw in some pink punch and we had a party!

Daddy's contribution.  He insisted on decorating her high chair!

Ok guys, I'm ready or my party!

Mama, Anna and her cake.

Party time!  Playing with friends.

Anna and Gee-Gee ready for some cake.

And it was anticlimactic.  She doesn't like to get her hands dirty, so we ended up feeding her some with a fork.  And then she played with the fork.  Can't blame her for wanting to stay clean :-)

Hanging out with her grandmas

Opening gifts.

Anna said "forget the gifts, this tissue paper is great!"

All in all it was a fantastic birthday celebration for our beautiful girl.  She had so much fn and we are so blessed to be surrounded by so many family and friends who love her so very much.