It's My Party

We had Amita's birthday party this weekend and it was a blast for everyone... especially her!  She got to enjoy the fun of having her slightly older cousin Piper show her the ropes of a first birthday party as well as the thrill of opening gifts and eating cake!  We have had such a wonderful / amazing / chaotic / terrifying first year with her and it's truly amazing how fast it went by.  We are looking forward to many more wonderful moments together as a family and we know how blessed we are to have a healthy, happy one-year-old.

And now, here are pictures from the big party.

The three of us celebrating.

Balloons were fun for the girls and for the cats!

Amita started by trying to bite through to her gifts.  Even with 8 teeth, she didn't get too far so we had to show her another way to open them.

The birthday girl and her daddy.

Cousin Piper helping Amita with some wrapping paper.  Piper helped keep the party moving along!

Showing off one of her gifts.  The cats also decided they couldn't wait any longer and had to help with the wrapping paper.

Opening gifts is so exciting!  All she really needed was some crinkly paper to play with!

Testing out a gift from her Aunt, Uncle, and Cousin.  Amita loves closing all the lids when the animals pop out at her.

Hooray - her own set of chicks!  I guess Cousin Piper remembered just how much Amita loved hers at Christmas!!!

Grandma Bubb brought the cake, complete with a picture of Amita playing her favorite game (It's "Where's Amita?" if you're scoring your quiz at home!).

It's not a party without party hats!!!

Trying some cake.  Amita didn't like how the frosting felt on her fingers... but she didn't mind it as much once we helped her get some into her mouth!

Testing out the wagon after Daddy and Uncle Dave got it assembled.

And of course the girls had to give the wagon a test drive down in the basement.  It was very popular!!

After the party was over, Piper helped us take out the trash.

The fun didn't stop when the party was finished and we all managed to get outside and go sledding.  It was chilly, but was a blast for the girls and us.

Baxter finally found a safe place that Piper and Amita couldn't get to him... but there is the tiny matter of being able to get back out...