The Cake

Did you think I forgot the cake pictures in the last post?  No way.  Amelia loves cake!

She was pretty tired by the time the cake came out but she still ate her fill of it.

Give me cake!

She wasn't sure why we were just letting her dig into the cake, so she started small.

She loves to poke at things so she started by peeling apart the eyes.

I think she realized pretty quickly that it was tasty!

Well, we have been working on sharing though I'm not sure this is what we had in mind.

Amelia's 1st Birthday

Amelia had an awesome first birthday.  I know she won't remember the party, but she is such a lucky girl.  Several of our family and friends came over to enjoy an afternoon of food, cake, and outdoor fun.  

We went with a Very Hungry Caterpillar theme.  Quite fitting for our little eater.

I made a photo collage out of the pictures we had taken each month.  I love going back and looking at her photos.  I'm always amazed at how much she changed from month to month.

We had lots of yummy food (Dave's getting to be quite the cook these days).  I was in charge of baking.  Cupcakes for our guests and a round cake for Amelia (it was her birthday, after all).

Amelia's friends and family spoiled her.  Seriously, she received so many awesome gifts.  She had lots of gift-opening helpers which was great because she's still a novice at it.

I thought the best part of the day was getting to spend time outside.  We set up the pools and the sprinkler and the kiddos had a blast!

Birthday hugs and kisses from Allie.

Yes, she has to drink out of the pool.

Enjoying a little quiet time with Aunt Andrea.

Look at all of the people.  We are truly lucky to have such great family and friends!

Amelia was hamming it up for everyone.  Here she insisted on crawling into the pocket between two chairs.  Why she thought that looked like fun, I have no idea.

As you can imagine, it was quite the busy day.  She was so tired but luckily Uncle Kevin was there to provide a comfy place to nap.

I think her first party was a success.  Amelia had a great time and we had so much fun having everyone over.  It was so much fun to celebrate this milestone with everyone!

Finally

Be prepared for lots of posts and pictures.  I'm finally getting caught up!

Lots of Giggles

Amelia and her daddy like to do gymnastics (as Dave calls it).  As soon as he sets her on his stomach, she starts giggling!  It's so funny to watch and listen to!

Feeding Patton

Apparently feeding Patton is hilarious.  No worries though if you run out of snacks to give him. Just give him milk!


 

She's One!!!!!

It's official.  Amelia is 1!  I have absolutely no idea where this last year has gone.  Amelia has grown up so fast!

Her obligatory one year old photos:

The girl loves dirt and everything about it.

Amelia had a day full of adventure planned for her birthday.  We started the day by getting her professional one year old photos taken.  She even had a smash cake for photos.  She was not happy with the photographer when they took her cake away!

After photos, we took her first trip to the zoo.  We snapped some mommy and Amelia photos while at the zoo.  I have no idea what she's looking at here but I'm so glad Dave caught the photo.

Here she is pointing at one of the larger monkeys.  The monkey was swinging around his place.

She also got up close and personal with a spider monkey.

One of her new skills is trying to walk.  She loves to hold your hands a take a few steps.  Here, she practiced by the tortoises.

Who taught her to climb?

Tortoises!

She was captivated by the penguins.  They marched right by and then jumped into the water.  She kept pointing at them.  It was adorable.

Like father, like daughter.

Big girl!

Amelia kept reaching through to pet this cow.  She was just tall enough to see and reach over the railing and she'd reach for him every time he came close.  I'm concerned that she may have thought he was a puppy as he was Patton's size!

She also got to pet a goat.  She wasn't super thrilled with this, but I can't blame her.

After the zoo, Amelia had her 1 year old check up with her Doctor.  Everything went well including 3 shots!  Since she was a trooper, we also went to the water park!  No pictures, but she had a blast.  At first she wasn't sure about all of the other kids (it was really busy) but she warmed up the idea.  We even went out into the deep end with her and it didn't bother her one bit!

We wrapped up the evening with a picnic at the Bennet Park with Patton.  I think we set the bar pretty high for birthdays but she'll never be one again!  We still can't believe that she is one already.  They say to enjoy every second because it flies by and they are right!

Stairs!

Yikes!  We are so not ready for this!

Dave and Amelia were playing by the stairs and she zipped right over to them and right up!