more birthday shots

here are some more pictures from the party taken by my friend cherie
my friend emerson and his mommy joely

frankly, i wasn't too keen on potato salad...

everyone was singing just for me!

this sugar stuff is pretty good, i can't believe they held out on me for so long

one entire year!

WOW!!! I am one! i was so lucky to have a fantastic party that included most of my extended family who traveled from near and far to help me celebrate this accomplishment. mommy put the pictures in reverse chronological order (silly mommy), but here is a quick snapshot of the whole weekend affair... notice there are no pictures of the cupcake fest and gifts, those will be coming soon as mommy and grammy had some camera issues and are anxiously awaiting pictures from more accomplished photographersplaying with pops

lunch at my party - i got to try potato salad and hamburgers, yum!

with nanny kacey

my friend aria with her mommy amanda and granny - i loved her cool kimono picnic outfit

my friend khristian, he was a hit with all the ladies

sharing a secret with mommy

we all had fun at my new arctic water table... and managed to get very messy

with both of my grandfathers

this is early on, before the real sand and water mess got started

my cousins and friend cara came from indiana

the night before, when i first spotted the cupcakes - who knew how much fun sugar would be?

sharing some coffee cake with granny

all my grandmothers - at one point we put together the "grandma band" and are thinking about taking it on the road soon so keep an eye out for us

when gigi first got in from oregon - it was so good to see her as it had been many months

mother's day

for our first mother's day as a family, we went out to dinner with grammy and grampa hermann and their friends the rosenthals. it was such good food, we forgot to take any other pictures. but here is one of the three of us, i am wearing a dress that was mommy's when she was my age.

spring!

we're getting a lot of rain here in nashville this spring so i haven't been outside as much as i want to be. and yet, i'm still having fun as usual, grammy and grampa's friends mira and dane were here for a visit as you can see, they endured the storms to come have dinner with us.
contemplating my inevitable future as a backgammon whiz

yum yum barbeque!

post marathon party bliss

grammy's really been improving my pat-a-cake skills

a day at the farmer's market with grampa