Singing to the b-day girl

These videos are for you, mom. Now you can feel like you were there...

first cupcake

Singing happy birthday and eating the first cupcake. I really thought she would go to town on this, but things are never as you would expect. Her party was a lot of fun.
This was my favorite part :)

Our crazy, beautiful ONE-year-old girl...

Anabelle sure is growing up, and has a very rambunctious personality. Here are some pictures of how she livens up our home

She loves to carry this moose around the house, hugging it all the while

Mike went in to get Anabelle up from her nap, and this is what he found...she had somehow managed to wiggle her little arm out of the onesie!
She's an eating machine, and pretty messy about it, too



Now, on to the festivities!
Here is what the invitations for Anabelle's birthday party looked like :)
(yes, I did make them) and her banner
The birthday girl!
Friends who came to party with us

Opening presents, with a little help from her friend Taija

She loved her presents, especially these two in the picture. The raggedy Ann doll is from Grandma and Grandpa Lewis, homemade. Mike and I gave her the pink car in the background.


Licking all of the frosting off. She was so dainty about it, kind of surprising. She didn't even finish the cupcake, which was carrot cake. But, as you can see from the pics, she enjoyed it.


"Hey, where did everybody go?"

Just kidding, this was a few days later when she was taking that balloon with her everywhere


Anabelle and Arcee showing each other some love.