And then she turned ONE!

It's offical. Our baby girl is a sweet little one year old toddler... but she's still our baby. I must admit while I am happy that she's growing strong and healthy, I had a hard time with this first birthday. I had my fair share of crying over the fact that she's becoming a little girl and she's not a baby anymore. I even pulled her out of the crib last week just so I could to rock her a little while longer. I could cry right now watching her walk across the living room drinking from her sippy cup. A sippy cup? She's getting so big.



I wanted to do something fun for Grace's 1st birthday so we decided to take her to the zoo. We went to the Baton Rouge Zoo, which was a disappointment considering both Jared and I grew up with the Audubon Zoo. Seriously, one of the two elephants is knocking on heavens door. It's sad, but true. Despite all that we had a great time. Grace was loving the giraffes, so we spent lots of time with them. We ate lunch at the Flamingo Cafe and Grace got her first taste of ice cream, and of course loved it.









Later that day she got a couple presents from Mom and Dad and thenit was cake time. It went over pretty well, better then we expected, but her actual party was a different story.





The next day I took Grace to her 1 year checkup. There were shots of course but it wasn't all bad. There is no more formula in our future, which gives Mom and Dad's checkbook a sigh of relief.

Then it was time to get ready for the big party. Grace even helped by cleaning the floors for Mommy.

Of course I made Grace's invitations and cake, which I was so excited about.






I think all my OCD stressing out actually paid off. I just really wanted her to have a nice party, even if she won't remember it. Grace got tons of awesome presents that she is loving. Everyone was so sweet. Thanks a bunch!




Then it was on to cake time, which didn't go over quite as well as it did on her actual birthday. I think it may have had something to do with the 15 or so people starring at her. She gets a little nervous in front of all those people.




She played a little and then it was time for a good nap. We hope you had a great birthday party Grace. Daddy and Mommy love you.