Birthday Wishes- Take 1!

On Friday, We woke up to this face: 

"Why so happy?" you might wonder... Well, obviously this little peanut realized it was her BIRTHDAY! Not just any birthday, either- her first... her GOLDEN (or as the girls call it, her "sparkle") birthday! We had a day full of celebrating ahead of us! 

 All dressed and ready to go... She looked adorable. I'm kind of bummed that this is the best picture I could get!

Thanks to parent-teacher conferences, Maggie had the entire day off school. We all got dressed and picked up gramma on our way to a 10am appointment. After it was over, we met papa at Olive Garden... that's where big sisters picked to celebrate Hattie's birthday lunch. 

 Hattie opens the first of many gifts to come.... Look what gramma and papa got me!

And of course.... no celebratory lunch would be complete without an ince cream sundae, of course!

 Snuggling with papa...

 ...and gramma, too.... (although it looks like Hattie was in the midst of a headband malfunction here) 

Quick picture with mom before we head out!

After lunch, we had a few stops to make to pick up some last minute supplies for the big PAR-TAY on Saturday. Then we hurried home because Grandma Bernie and Grandpa Mark were on their way to town. We got home just in time! We just got in, got the van unloaded and got everyone settled when they showed up. After pizza, we brought out Hattie's birthday cake. 

Why so sad, Hattie? 

Singing Happy Birthday... and she has no idea what's going on.... 

I had baked a "real" one for the party on Saturday, and wasn't quite up to making a second.... so I picked one up while I was out running errands. My choices were limited- a small white cake with a mishapen shamrock... or a chocolate cake with blue roses. I never even considered what chocolate frosting + blue roses would look like smeared across the face of my one year old: 

 

  

....AND.... I'm done!

After a quick (but sooooo necessary) bath- it was time for presents. Both the girls had cards and gifts for Hattie and we had a "little" something for her as well.... 

...a brand new car! (Dan and I are still trying to figure out how we made it through 3 kids without owning a Little Tykes coupe car befoer this point....)