Sunday, October 23, 2011

Lily's 1st Birthday Party

We celebrated Lily's birthday with a small party at our house with a few family and friends. I ordered Lily a special birthday outfit complete with a tutu, but did not realize when I ordered it just how big the tutu was. She HATED it!! I could only get her to wear it for a few minutes before she started tugging at it and crying. Luckily I got a few cute pictures of her in it before we took it off.




After a few pictures, we traded it for a softer, less full tutu that Eden wore on her first birthday and Lily was happier and much more comfortable!

The kids jumped in the bounce house while we tried to get a few pictures of Lily and then we all gathered around to sing to Lily and have cake and ice cream. Lily's cake was the traditional #1 cake that all of the kids have had on their first birthdays. (I'm a little sad that this is the last time we will get to have this cake at our parties. Now, on to bigger and better things!)

Lily got her own "smash cake" too! (It looked a lot cuter before Eden stuck her fingers in it!)

Lots of pink! Lily was not sure what to think about the cake at first, which surprised me a little bit. Usually she becomes a little bird when she realizes that sweets are nearby!

Eden finally stepped in to help show her what to do! She finally figured it out, but was very careful with it and actually stayed pretty clean. I didn't even have to give her a bath after she was done.
The big kids enjoyed their cake and ice cream too! Next I helped Lily open her presents. She got some fun new toys that all 3 kids have enjoyed playing with today. Parker showed Ryan how to work the new jack-in-the-box. I think Ryan was quite impressed!
After presents, all the kids headed back outside to spend some more time jumping in the bounce house. Before I knew it, Lily had crawled outside and climbed up into the bounce house without any help at all. She was so proud of herself and she had the best time jumping with the big kids. It was the most I'd seen her smile all day!
We had a great time celebrating our sweet Lily and are so thankful to all of our family and friends that came over to help her celebrate her special day!

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