The Birthday Bash

Saturday, September 8th dawned like every other day for our little girl. Little did she know, this was going to be no ordinary day for her. We let her try on a hat...and play in the ball pit. So far pretty normal...

But then we got dressed, put a really fancy hat on her head...and her friend Bailey stopped by. Well...still, that's not all that abnormal. Bailey really enjoyed the ball pit too.
But then more people started arriving. And Grammy took her right out of the ball pit to make sure she got some Kaylee time (well that's definitely normal, for Grammy.)
And Ba, he's here too! "Wow I sure am getting a lot of visitors today," thought Kaylee.
Then Emily and her parents arrived as well. Emily met Bailey and then all 3 girls were fast friends. They played with the stacker cups.

They played in the ball pit.

And they played with Kaylee's activity table.

This was fine with Chase because it meant he got to play in the ball pit without worrying about hurting the girls.

All in all, there sure were a lot of people hanging around.
"Alright Mommy," Kaylee says, getting the feeling there's something amiss, "You can't fool me. What's going on here?"
"Well Kaylee, its your birthday! You're finally one year old, and all of these people wanted to spend your special day with you!"
"Wow," thought Kaylee.
For her birthday lunch, Kaylee enjoyed some cheese and hot dog pieces and she discovered her birthday balloon.And then it was time for some birthday cake which Mommy really tried to make look sorta like a ladybug...At first, Kaylee didn't really know what to think of this large red cake coming toward her.But she figured she better investigate.She was tentative and relatively clean at first, tasting the frosting and putting some in her hair for later.
She got a little more into it as time went on...using several fingers at once.
But this was as messy as it got. No face planting as Mommy had hoped, but it was better this way...Kaylee isn't generally that messy, so I'll be happy with what I got!
Besides, the red food coloring really makes the frosting stand out on her skin...she got plenty messy!
So after this, we changed her...as there was frosting all over her shirt and we did a quick wash of hands, face and hair so we could move onto our last event.

Presents!
Kaylee made out like a bandit. All of her friends and family were very generous.
More toys than hands...Kaylee explored each toy as they were unwrapped.
And found them all to her taste! Boy, Kaylee, your family and friends must really love you.
Later that night, after her party guests had departed and she had had a nice nap. Kaylee explore that balloon a little bit more. Who would have thought something as simple as a balloon would entertain her so. Forget the big expensive toys, books and clothes she had just received. Kaylee loved that 75 cent balloon!
"Look at what it does, Daddy!" Kaylee points out.Perhaps this is why Kaylee found something so simple so intriguing...look at what else she found...For some reason, Daddy thinks Kaylee is going to be trouble when she gets older...I wonder why!
So that was how Kaylee spent her birthday. We had a great time and we want to thank everyone that came and made her day all the more special!