Happy 1st Birthday!!!

Allie turned 1 year old last week. We didn't get to celebrate on her actual birthday since we got to help Jared's sister, Michelle, and her family move into their new home. But our friends, the Navarros, were really sweet and had left a gift for Allie at our neighbor's house. When we got home we went over to pick it up, and then we let Allie open it when we got home. Attached to the gift was a really big and cute bug balloon, which Allie has continually enjoyed since receiving it. She liked the tissue paper that was in the bag, and then this was her reaction to her first baby doll.



A few days later, we had a great little birthday celebration with some family. Between the three little families here in Idaho, there were 5 birthdays within a week of each other. So it was a combined birthday bash at the Carpenter's home.

Here are some pictures and videos of Allie opening her presents.

Some fun blocks!

The cousins all enjoying "Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What do you see?"

Excited about her new PJs

As we have mentioned in previous posts, Allie loves elephants. She will even make elephant sounds as she plays with her 5 different toy elephants. So we decided to do an elephant theme for her birthday.

Daddy did a great job on the cake for Allie!

Elephant cupcakes for the guests- a combined effort

Anticipation

During the song

Ewww, what is this stuff?

First Reaction to the frosting

Eating some frosting

Happy with sugar and no more pressure to eat the cake

The last year went by so quickly. Our little girl is growing up so fast. She is such a joy and we are so grateful to have been blessed with her. We have learned a lot as we have tried our best at raising her. We'll surely learn much more in the future. We'll keep you updated as she continues to grow up.