Olivia's Big Day!

Olivia turned a year old this past Monday....on Sunday the 2nd we threw her a 1st birthday party with some family and friends. It was really nice... a great gathering of the dearest people in our lives. We had planned to host most of the party in our backyard but it was 115 degrees outside by noon so everybody crammed into our little house and basked in the glory that is air conditioning. I think that it actually served a great purpose to be shoved together like that.. people talked more , the kids really played hard, and Olivia really got to feel the love around her.

Here are some pics from her special day... she really didn't want to eat her cake at first.. just wanted to feed it to daddy, then after a quick swipe of frosting to the mouth , gobbled some of it up! My mom and I made her birthday cake the night before and shared quite a few memories as she always made our cakes when my sister and I were growing up...

Happy Birthday my dear sweet daughter!