Birthday Party

We had Grace's 1st birthday party on Saturday afternoon. What a fun, special day! I was shocked at how well she did and how much fun she seemed to be having. I know throwing an over the top birthday party for a one year old seems silly, but I think she loved having everyone there and really enjoyed herself.
We had awesome food from My Lips are Sealed and great desserts from Aunt Nories. Julia decorated the table for us and did a fantastic job. I forgot to get pictures of the bubble maker on the front porch and her gift table with the floating chandeliers and fairies! It was super fun!

Uncle Kyle

One of Grace's many male suitors, little Wade. Although they did sign the card "cousin Wade" so we will have to see about that. I'm all for keeping it in the family, but seriously...

Sweet Kristen and Hunter. He had a good time helping himself to the marshmallows on the table.

Kayci and little Ketcher. He was sad at first without his brother Kade, but then seemed to catch on to the idea that this was his opportunity to impress Grace without his other (quite charming) twin brother there to get in the way.

She had no shortage of gifts to open and got so many cute outfits and toys. She kept pulling the tissue out of the bags piece by piece and holding them between her first two fingers so delicately. It was adorable.

Just a little understated tutu.

It was so fun watching her try and figure out her cake. She kept leaning in toward it and then would back up. She would touch it with one finger but never quite dug into it until the end.

She got on all fours several times and put her face right in the top of it.
She had the cutest look on her face when I would give her a bite. You could tell she was not used to the sweet taste and kept looking up at me like, "this is so good, are you sure I'm allowed to eat this?"

Thank you so much to everyone who came or sent gifts and helped make it such a special day for Grace. We love you guys!
Mike, Tina, Wendy, Brooke, Loren, Wade, Memaw, Ingrid, Papa, Nana, Aunt Cheri, Mimi, Auntie Am, Brandon, Uncle Kyle, Jana, Kristen L., Peter, Kristi, Emily, Brayden, Kristen H., Hunter, Kayci, Ketcher, Debbie, and Micah.