Happy First Birthday Party!

Of course, the celebration wouldn't be complete without a first birthday party full of monkey balloons, bananas, and a sweet monkey dress for Anna Banana. We had the party on Saturday with friends and family. We had a difficult time limiting the number but thought it worked out wonderfully. There was a traditional cake with ice cream for guests but Anna had her very own strawberry shortcake cake. This has been her mommy's favorite birthday dessert for as long as she can remember so we thought we'd pass it to Anna and see what she thought. She loved it!!!

After partying for about 4 hours, our precious baby girl was wiped out. (By the end she had even lost her clothes - this is the only birthday this will be happening at.) Needless to say, she slept perfectly that night. She had to rest up for her big birthday outing to the zoo with mommy and daddy the next day =)

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY ANNA BANANA!!!!

July 25th was the big day! It was wonderful with so much happiness and so many mixed emotions. We started the day with our Friday trip to Stroller Fit where Anna brought a birthday treat of her beloved Mum-Mums crackers to all of her baby friends. We then headed home for nap time and awoke to toys, Daddy, great first birthday gifts, birthday dinner of pasta and watermelon, and a wonderful walk with her favorite doggy.

Mommy had her heart set on a doll named Anna for Anna's first birthday gift and Daddy was set on a basketball hoop and a play tunnel/tent. She loved it all but after "kissing" her baby doll, she went right back to b-ball. That's our girl!