Evie Turns One

Half of the party

And the first year has gone by at lightning speed.  I am officially in denial that my little girl is one year old!

We celebrated Evie's first birthday with her grandparents and godmother and many other friends.  Evie ate it up.  There is no question about her being a ham.  I expected most of our friends not be "available" to attend a one-year-old's brunch party, so I invited everyone.  Turns out nobody was busy, or Evie is a very popular little nugget.  We had 24 adults and 9 kids at her party!  And she was happy to see every single one of them.  When we sang her happy birthday, she smiled and at the end of the song actually clapped, cueing all 33 people to clap for her, to which an over-the-top-all-four-teeth-showing-grin appeared on her face (if I weren't describing my lovely daughter, I'd have to call it a sh*t eating grin).

Evie waddling around,
waffle in hand

Not certain if the ball pit
was worth trading in the waffle

Our friend Steve baked Evie's first sugary treat, a cupcake.  Evie seemed to like it just fine, but after taking a bite, went back to shoveling a mini quiche in her face.  Apparently she does not have a sweet tooth like her parents.  She does have a hankering for waffles, however, and she carried a quarter of one around with her mowing on it throughout the course of the party.  I had to pry the waffle out of her fingers before letting her play in the ball pit; she was not thrilled that multi-tasking wasn't an option.

Finishing up a quiche, post-cupcake

Aside from the waffles, I'd wager Evie's other favorite element of the party was the balloons.  She giggles uncontrollably when holding on to one (or many, as the case may be).  We saved a pathetic deflated balloon for her to hold on to during diaper changes.  It facilitated a few days of easier changes. I may have to come home with a new balloon once a week in the hopes of distracting her during diaper time.

It's funny to think that we were pretty close to not throwing Evie a party at all.  Figuring that the party would be more about us than her, and that it didn't matter at this age.  But, she really did seem to enjoy it, and it was fun to watch her be so in her element.

Now to see what year two will bring...