1st Birthday Party

We decided to have a much smaller party then we originally planned.  By the time Addison's birthday rolled around, we weren't comfortable leaving Dad by himself and he wasn't strong enough to leave the house.  So we decided to have her party here at home and just have the aunts, uncles and grandparents over.  We didn't have any of the cousins and no other kids.  It turned out really great though.  It was a perfect little celebration and it was pretty stress free.  Dad even came out to celebrate with us here and there.

Some of the decor

Close up of the wreath I made for the front door

The chalkboard that I had made

Her 12 monthly pictures 

Cute cookies that a mom from her daycare made

Birthday girl makes her debut! 

So excited! 

And such a ham! 

Her dress and headband that I had made 

and her $6 shoes from Michael's

Loved her headband that was custom made! 

Ellen Hill with the Birthday Girl. The Hills came by to see Dad 

Emmy and Addison 

3 Generations 

Aaden (and his extremely long hair) enjoying Sissy's party 

Enjoying the decorations with Emmy and Auntie Renee 

"What, Mom?" 

Birthday Girl and Grandma 

Birthday Girl and Grandpa

Waiting for her cake! 

Love this face 

Smash cake made especially for Addison by Aunt Kerry

Ooh, the anticipation! 

Giving it a try 

Yum! 

Going in for more 

and more 

Her yelling tells us she likes it 

She's saying, "Yeah!" 

Decided to take her headband off before it got ruined 

She loved all the blank polka dots on her cake so she ended up with quite the beard 

Ooh, she's so cute!

Coming out with her second outfit

She was very interested in her shoes

Close up of her customized shirt

Family photo 

The other cake Aunt Kerry made 

It was so cute and so good! 

Time for presents! 

Or not 

It's time for bubbles! 

Aaden and I started without her 

She was interested once she saw the baby 

Pearl necklace from Grandma & Grandpa 

Aaden helping open books 

Moo was Aaden's favorite book.  

He ruined it from reading it so much, so happy Addison has one now!

She found her lovie! 

Grandma showing them the baby gear 

Addison liked the pack n play

So, she climbed in!

I don't care if it's small, I'm sitting in it, damn it! 

Pretty sure Aaden was telling her that it's not for her to sit in

"Yeah!"

Aunties

This is totally normal for us

Addison probably trying to escape the craziness

"Ooh, another present"

"No, this isn't what I thought"

"Noooo!"

This was the most special moment- 

Dad came out to watch Addison's birthday video and she 

crawled over to him and rest her head on his knee.

I'm so happy this moment was captured 

This is the last picture taken of my Dad