Monday, December 05, 2011

Party Weekend!

We had Grace's birthday party on Saturday. She actually turns one on December 13, but Saturday worked best for us and family to celebrate her big day. It also happened to be the same day as her due date last year.

The party was a huge success! We kept it simple, my side of the family and a few friends, including Grace's BFF and her parents (birthday party - round 2 will be next weekend with B's side of the family!). Grace looked so cute in her birthday outfit and she loved all the attention. We let Grace go wild on a piece of cake but we kept her contained in her high chair this time, as we did not want a huge mess like after her cake smash! After I gave Grace a bath and most of the guests had left, she seemed to get her second wind so we let her stay up and hang out with Zilla and Uncle Mike, who stuck around for a while longer. By supper time, Grace was absolutely exhausted. She didn't eat much, and fell asleep almost immediately when we put her to bed.
We are so thankful to our family and friends for making Grace's party so wonderful, and for spoiling her with gifts!

Grace also attended her first birthday party as a guest this weekend! On Sunday we celebrated C & N's (beautiful twin girls!) first birthday. There were a few other babies there, all around the same age. Grace loved playing with the girls' toys and crawled right over to help them open their presents.

Some photos from Grace's party!

Let's Party!

Gracie with Auntie Murr and Uncle Matt


Mommy & Grace

A better shot of Grace's birthday outfit.

She loves her doll from her BFF!

New hat from Zilla and Grampers

Grace did not like the sing-a-ma-jig from Uncle Mike! (But she likes it more now)

Yay! Thank you everyone!

The party got wild and Grace ended up with her tutu on her head ;)
Mmmm... cake
Birthdays are fun! I could get used to this...