Birthdays and Vacations -- what a great month!

Well, April is my birthday month, and wow was a special one!  

Birthdays..

Well, I am officially 1!

My big bday party was quite a success!  I had such a blast with all my buddies, I got some serious loot, and there was even a dance party!  Who can say there was an impromptu dance party at their 1st birthday party?  This gal.

It was a very special day, I must admit.  Everyone worked so, so, so hard to make it the best birthday for me - thanks, guys!

Grandma and Shannon came in early just to help bake and set-up, and Aunt Brandy and Carolyn came in on a late-night train just to see little ole me.  Cousin Tom had something special to do in Michigan and poor Erin got sick, so Uncle Ken and her had to stay behind :(  

We missed them all very much.  But there's always next year..and I don't know how they're going to outdo themselves!  Mama says I should just remember this one real good because it'll be a few years before we plan an extravaganza like this one...but it was all well worth it ;)

Aunt Katie was there and Nana and Papa too.  I had so many friends big and small there to play and teach me how to open presents and eat my cake.  I had never had cake before, and as you can tell from the picture above, I didn't quite smash it the way everyone wanted me to!  I was quite a little lady about it.

Here are some pictures that my Mama and Aunt Katie took:

                           

                  Here I am opening my very first present on my actual birthday!

                

                                                       

 Here's the cake my Mama made for me. 

She was bound and determined to make it!  Even if it is hard to figure out exactly what it is..

Yum! Here are the treats Gramma & Aunt Shannon made - they worked SO hard! Aren't they beautiful?!

                       Aw, here's me and my daddy.  He bought me a big owl balloon for the occasion.

Thanks everybody for making my very 1st birthday extra special! 

Vacation...

My Mama and Daddy and I went on our very first big vacation together to Hilton Head, SC.  We even took and airplane!  We met Papa and Nana there and did all sorts of things: took bike rides, went to the beach and pool, visited Savannah and ate lots and lots of seafood.  The water was cool and it was a little breezy, but it was very pretty.  I had a great time!

Here's my Daddy and I on the El and on the plane going to Hilton Head

                                       Here I am on our balcony -- what a view!!

Here we are in Savannah, GA

I really liked playing in the pool, and I met a lot of other nice kids

Me and my family

Wow, what a great time we all had in April!  May is going to be just as special because we have our big Grandpa's Gift Event that everybody's been planning for the past 6 months.  It's a way to celebrate my Grandpa and a fundraiser for Osteogenesis Imperfecta.  Read my next post to find out all about that..

Well, toodle-oo for now!