Emily's Birthday Celebration

We successfully celebrated Emily's 1st Birthday...and she is slowly catching up on rest and coming down from her sugar high from all of the cake and ice-cream. We had such a fun weekend celebrating our baby girl and are so blessed by the many family and friends who helped us!

I woke up not feeling well on Friday (her birthday), but I was determined to not let it spoil her special day. We took a quick trip to Urgent Care so I could get some antibiotics and then we got home for her morning nap. Of course, she ate up all the attention at the doctor, especially when they found out it was her birthday. Anyways, it was a beautiful day, so after lunch I decided to walk her to a local restaurant downtown for a milkshake. Needless to say, Emily LOVED the milkshake. It was so much fun and perhaps we'll have to make it a tradition. Due to the high amount of sugar consumed, my baby girl decided she didn't need an afternoon nap. I was a little afraid of the result of a no-nap afternoon, especially with my parents and friend, Gretchen, coming into town later that day. We strapped her in the Ergo and Viktor took her on a 20 minute walk around the block. By the time they made it back home, she was sound asleep until she spotted Pop and Mimi, who had just arrived. We proceeded to open more presents, eat her favorite meal (spaghetti) and wait for Gretchen and her girls (Amelia and Ella) to arrive from Ohio. Even though we were having cake the next day at her party, I made some cupcakes for us to celebrate on Friday, too. She DEVOURED the cupcake...every last crumb...and even licked the plate.

We had a fun time celebrating at Emily's party on Saturday. She is such a little social butterfly and loved having so many of her friends in one place. Thanks to my parents for providing a yummy lunch for all of us...and Viktor's family even skyped in from Hungary. After everyone left the party we headed home for a quick nap and then over to visit some friends who were in town from Hungary. The day didn't end there...we were off to church at 5:30pm and then out to dinner at Joe Bologna's with my parents. We finally tucked our little party girl into bed around 9:30pm...a good 2 hours after her bedtime....what's amazing about that is I can't remember her crying AT ALL the entire day. I think she enjoyed her birthday!

Emily, you are a gift!

Sharing a milkshake at Tastebuds.

Ready for her walk.

She was SO excited about the birthday plate I made for her. Well, it was probably something else that was making her so happy, but it is a great picture. :)

Making sure she gets every last bit.

Happy Family.

I'm usually not very crafty, but I really enjoyed making her birthday banner. Her month-by-month banner is now hanging in her room.

Thank you to all of our sweet, sweet friends who came to celebrate with us!

This is Emily's buddy, Missy (and my good friend!). Missy made this adorable cake for Emily, along with the cookies below. She is so talented.

The adorable tutu made by our friend, "aunt" Steph. They couldn't be here this weekend because Dan was getting ordained (CONGRATS), but Emily enjoyed showing off her special outfit from them.

A masterpiece...and can you believe, not a crumb got on the floor (don't worry, Cydil)!

This was at 8:30am the next morning. I had to WAKE her up...I'm not sure she has ever slept that late in her entire life! :)