Here we were dreading Charlotte's first birthday and it's already over! We had a super fun day filled with toys, sweets, and good friends! Our good friends and Charlotte's surrogate Aunt, Uncle, and cousins came over for cake and to watch Charlotte open gifts. She wasn't nearly as messy with the cake as I had thought/hoped she'd be, which is surprising since she absolutely makes a mess of everything else she gets herself into. The birthday celebration isn't quite done yet. On Saturday, we're having close to 50 people over for a birthday brunch. Oh boy. This weekend is going to be pretty crazy getting everything ready! I hope it will be a lot of fun. Below are lots of pictures from Charlotte's big day and at the very bottom are two videos. Unless you're a grandparent, you'll probably find the videos very dull, but hey! Maybe I'm wrong. Enjoy!
Excited to open gifts and see her new toys!
A glimpse at the decorations for her birthday. We are so thankful to have her in our lives.
She came walking out into the living room with a broom. I guess she wanted to help Mommy clean?
The bow on her head is from my sister, Heather. She made it. Isn't it cute?
I found Charlotte laying on the weights relaxing. The look on her face is priceless. I'm not quite sure why she was doing that!
This is better!
Eating her birthday cake.
Yummy!
We enlisted Justine to help Charlotte open her gifts. Charlotte tried with the first one but was more interested in her sippy cup full of milk.
What did I tell you? At this age, it's all about the sippy cup.
All the presents Charlotte got, minus the other beautiful bows, a bow holder, and a few outfits my sister and brother-in-law sent us. We got those over a week ago, so I just spaced adding them when I took this picture. Sorry!And now for the videos:
Below is a general video from yesterday. It shows her throughout the day, eating her cake, and trying to open presents:
This morning, Jill (Charlotte's surrogate aunt) brought over her birthday present because they couldn't fit it into their car last night with the whole family. It's this awesome slide that Charlotte is in LOVE with! I'll be glad when she can learn to climb up the ladder because I can't put her back at the top quick enough! It's sort of a work-out!
Thanks for posting these...when you can't be there having a video to watch is precious!
ReplyDeleteaww what a great post! :) and p.s. i can't stop cracking up over the picture of her laying on the weights. she looks like she just had a crazy workout!
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