Happy Birthday B!

B turned 1 this week. She is just a sweet little baby who is turning into a fun little toddler. On Wednesday, her actual birthday, we had a little playgroup lunch in the park. It was nice to have her cousin Ryan there to celebrate. She loved her cookie cake. She also loved eating the sand... yuck.

That night for dinner the O'Reillys came over for dinner with Caitlin and Logan. We had another meal for B's birthday. We had lasagna.. one of her favorites. I debated between lasagna and Shepard's pie (she is in to the casserole type dishes). We had ice cream cupcakes for dessert. She devoured them! She was so lucky to celebrate with almost all her cousins on her actual birthday.

On Sunday we had her big birthday bash. I had it at a park down the street. It was supposed to be easy and casual, but easy and casual is not too easy for me to do. I have a problem with that. So we had around 40 people or so attend B's Bumble Bee party. It was complete with Bee cupcakes, hot dogs, popcorn machine, watermelon, and of course Popsicles (It was 96 degrees!) . Moon bounce, bee hive bean bag toss, duck pull, face painting, bee antennae for all the little ones, bug catchers as favors, and of course, the reason why I had it there in the first place, a playground and the biggest sandbox, ever!. We had a lot of fun despite the heat. B loved splashing in the duck game, and especially loved the cupcakes (she had two) and Popsicles. She was asleep as soon as we put her in the car, before we even pulled out of the driveway. After long naps for everyone (me included, the girls headed to the O'Reilly's for dinner and I headed to a dinner with girlfriends from playgroup to for Jenna's sprinkle. B (well, mo and mags) has been slowly opening all her gifts. I am not sure if she likes them, but M and M sure do! They now cannot wait until their birthdays! I am trying to convince myself to do small parties for the girls. They would be fine with it. I am the one with the problem!

Today B took a lot of steps all by herself! She is standing up from the floor very easily. The smile on her face when she does it is priceless. She is so darn proud. As are we. I love seeing her grow up each day (but not too fast) and turn into this sweet little girl with a big personality!