A One Year Old

I officially have a one year old; as of four minutes ago, Lilybelle became a one year old.  As I look back over the past year, I can't believe all that has happened. I can't believe that she has gone from a small infant to a talking standing baby.

To celebrate this happy occasion, we had a joint birthday party with her cousin (who also turned one) last Saturday. It was a circus themed party. It was a lot a work and some stress, but it was really fun. We had lawn games, bubbles, a cotton candy machine, and dinner. Lilybelle was funny with her cake. She was trying to be super dainty about eating the frosting, but I helped her out by putting both of her hands in the cake. She then licked the frosting off her hands and grimaced. I don't think she cared for how sweet frosting is. Definitely not her mother's child.  She liked opening her presents though. She enjoyed getting to pull things out of bags without me telling her no.

I bought a super cute dress for her birthday when we were in Solvang, CA in April. She wore it for about a half hour until she dumped that water bottle all over herself and Nana.

 So after the water accident, she was put in a boring onesie. But She got some cool sunglasses out of it, and cheerios.

For her actual birthday we took her 12 month photo (the last one), gave her some cake, and let her play with all her new toys. Basically just a low key night. She didn't grimace at her cake tonight though, she laughed when she got it. Her aunts and grandparents all wished her happy birthday and then she took a bath and went to bed.