**Warning: The following post contains dangerously cute pictures and information. Reading of the post may result in excessive "awwww-ing".**
Yesterday was Cayleigh's first birthday!!! Since Daddy wasn't here, we just had a simple lunch with my parents, and brother and Shelly. She had an awesome day, and just played and played and played. We started it with waking up to the birthday song, followed by oatmeal (she loves oatmeal!) dyed blue just to make it fun. It actually made her cry before she tried it b/c she thought I was trying to feed her something that was NOT her oatmeal, but once I shoved a spoonful in there she was a happy camper. Then we just played (well, mommy cleaned and cooked like a mad-woman) until it was time for lunch! Right before lunch a beautiful bouquet of yellow flowers arrived from Daddy for his "beatiful ladies" birthdays. :)
Then Grandma, PaPa, Uncle Dan and Aunt Shelly all came over for birthday burgers and cake. Cayleigh thought she was full until she tried the cake. Then she somehow manage to
force herself to eat the whole slice. She is
such a trooper! And even though her real party isn't until Daddy gets back home, Uncle Dan and Aunt Shelly brought Cayleigh a birthday present anyways (a stuffed polar bear with the "earth" series DVD on polar bears). In the moment she really only played with the bow on top of the present, but this morning she gave her new bear lots of hugs and cuddles, so we have now confirmed it as a winner. :) A card arrived for Cayleigh from her great-PaPa Yates at the same time we were opening gifts, so it was perfect timing! It was also great Papa Yates birthday as well. :) Mommy also got her little sugar booger some new books, b/c lets face it, it's not a party until you've gotten a good new book! Well, to me it isn't!
To wrap up the festivities we took all the family downstairs to the backyard for a "swingin' good time" (we pushed Cayleigh on the swing and took an absurdly large amount of pictures while doing it!). And do you know the best part of all that busy, busy fun? THE NAP! (I can hear all fellow mommas sayin' "amen sista") :). She slept like a rock for her nap, even through the pictures I took of her when I went to wake her up 2 hours after she went down.
She had such a fun day. It's hard to believe my little baby is already 1 year old, but I have to say that I love the stage that she's at. I love that she's running around, jabbering non-stop, giving hugs and kisses (real ones!), and riding in a forward facing carseat. She was beautiful the day she was born, and she's even more precious today. All the work, all the tears, all the sleep deprivation, pale in comparison to all the joy, laughter, and love that she's filled our lives with. I'm looking forward to another fun year with my little lady bird! (or Cay-zilla as I more commonly call her now) :)D
Sweet, Sweet rest.
Swing time! Higher Uncle Dan!
Hi Daddy! I Love You!
You may think she's going for the bear, but no....if you look closely you'll see she's just taking the bow off of it's head!
What's in HERE?!
Check it out....I got a bear!
Random cake picture...I like it cause you can see her smiling underneath the avalanche of cake :)
*giggle* What'd ya get me, Uncle dan?
Hmmm, curious. Very curious. It looks like a newspaper, but there's something suspicous about it's shape.....
By golly, a bow!
Oh yeah, that was good!
Sweet goodness gracious, why did no one
tell me this existed?!
Yay!
Arfff murph grff mmmmmmm
Resistance is futile...
Okaaayyy, I'm gonna go with this.....
By far the cutest picture of the two of us. :)
"Smelling" a flower from Daddy.
Her Cake!
WEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! Party Time!!!
Such a lady :)
The table; Phillip's flowers are in the middle and they perfectly completed the set up!
It's such a pretty day, Mommy!
Dentist Face. She actually says "AHHHH" while doing it! My baby's so smart!
The blue birthday oatmeal. Yes, I can understand why she would cry upon seeing that my intention was for her to consume it, lol!
It's my birthday!! :)
We barely escaped from the raging buffalo! Fortunately, Phillip saved us with his amazing bow shooting skills. If you don't believe me, there were witnesses; Chief Big Feathers, and his wife, Tiny Waist. (They're in the picture and saw the whole thing!)
So proud of herself, and yet confused at the look of horror on mommy's face......
And she's out!
Oh no she didn't! *Snaps fingers in diva fashion*
My man and his little look alike!
Save me mommy!
Horsey!!! Whitney has personally witnessed my transformation into a five year old when any animal life is present. :)
I found him alive, but took him in dead just for the heck of it.
Apparently I knew I was missing before it happened.....
Pose more fitting for an Uncle Same "I Want You!" poster!
Phillip shooting the raging buffalo endangering his family....we were juuusssst cut out of the picture, I swear!
The nice lady prostitute I couldn't detach my daughter from. Awwwww, it's so nice making friends. :)
Hmmmm, what's wrong with this picture?
Ms. Independent....that is, until she turned into a blubber butt during the "shoot out", and the sheriff afterwards tried to give her a sticker badge!
Play date fun! I wrongly thought that slides were meant for going down, but Cayleigh quickly corrected my evil ways.
Awesome room!
Fun with daddy :)
We don't think Cayleigh is growing fast enough,so Phillip likes to stretch her from time to time.
This picture is especially for PaPa Yates, who said that we needed to worry about Cayleigh being grown up when she started to wear her hats backwards. (She put on her ball cap backwards by her own choosing!) Looks like we're in trouble!
Pool fun! (at home)
WWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Come and play mommy!!
Going down the slide at Papio Bay and , of course, licking the water as we go!
Let me gooooo!!!!!!!
