Annalise's Birthday Party

Last weekend we had Anna's birthday party. She had a lot of fun and was exhausted that evening. She loved being able to explore the Lighthouse room and toddle around with the other kids. She really seemed to enjoy ripping the paper off of her presents and much to my surprise she put very little paper in her mouth. She seems to be quickly growing out of that "I am going to put everything in my mouth" stage. Here are some pictures of her party.

The room at the church we used for Anna's party

Exploring in her walker

Exploring from a different angle

She loved these little chairs -- may need to get her some for home!

Some partyers

More partyers

More partyers

and more partyers

Her cake

Mommy and Daddy blowing out her candle

I am lame and would not let Anna have any of the extremely unhealthy, sugar loaded cake. I made her an Angel Food cake cupcake. At first she didn't even know what it was until I broke off a piece and fed it to her.

She still was not sure of it......

..but then decided that she liked it and dived in.

Eating her Angel Food cupcake

Opening gifts....as you can see she had lots of help at first

She was into the gifts...Christmas should be amusing

I guess I wasn't it getting it to her fast enough.

She really looked over each and every gift after we opened them!

As you can see from her expression gift opening is very serious business!

In all we had a great time celebrating Anna's birth with everyone! This past year has been such a joy and a blessing to share with our sweet girl. Happy, Happy Birthday to our little Annalise! We love you!!!!!!