1 Year Appointment...

We had Audrey's 1 year doctor's appointment today and I have to say it was absolutely miserable! She had to get shots again (which she has previously been ok with) and she was NOT happy about it! Dr. Kelly left the room to get the shots and Audrey started screaming uncontrollably and I couldn't figure out what was going on. Then Dr. Kelly came in and I looked at her and said "Does she know?" and she said "Yes, let's do this quick". Needless to say Audrey spent most of the afternoon very irritable and just went to bed. It doesn't help she is getting 2 more molars on the bottom (she just got the top 2 last week!)....

So her stats are exactly as I thought (she has been very consist ant at each appointment with her percentiles):

Weight - 25 lbs (95th percentile)
Height - 31 inches (97th percentile)

My little chunker, god I love her!

1st Birthday Documented...

Alright, this is the LAST birthday post I swear! For this year anyways...

I of course had to document the day, come on, it's a big deal to turn one, right??? You can all check out her website later in the week and see how many pictures I actually took from the day in her web albums...

Audrey really was great all day. There was a lot going on and she was quite a trooper thru it all. She made sure to get all her meals in (really, we don't miss meals in the Dennison household) and her naps, so that made life a whole lot more enjoyable for all.

She got a ton of stuff and she really enjoyed opening her gifts. I should have spaced things out a little more then I did, because everything she opened she would just stop and play with it. Which is good I guess, that means she like the toy right?

Thank you to everyone that got her a gift, we really appreciate it and love them all!

Her 1 year appointment is this Friday, so I will let you all know her "stats" from that... We are working this week on the big formula in a bottle to milk in a sippy cup transition, we will see how that goes as well..

Eating her breakfast, big ol' smile

On her new walker/car that Aunt Karen & Uncle Vinnie sent her

Hanging out in her sea of gifts...

Opening takes a lot of concentration you know....

Birthday Bash Part 2 - The Rest of the Party!

Well I have to say the joint 1st Birthday Bash was a success! It really was a ton of fun and I'm so glad we had it with the LaBossiere's! The weather cooperated, almost too much. It was a beautiful day, but summer has arrived and it was 90 degrees. No matter, people went from hanging on the deck to cooling off in the a.c. inside. They guys took one for the team and manned the grill and did a fabulous job. We tried to stick with the polka dot theme the best we could, but Nicole and I quickly found out that polka dots are not to be found in any stores in pink and navy right now. We were creative and made it work though. Nicole got tons of pink and navy paper goods. I made the monogram banner above, which stayed up long enough for me to take that picture and that was about it. Nice thought, but didn't work so well... We got balloons, which were Nicole's idea that I would have not thought of, and they were a huge hit with the kids! Audrey and Maddie got their own "1" balloons and the rest of the kids got the pink and blue (supposed to be navy, but not so much) ones.

There ended up being about 10 kids there which was a lot of fun. They all played well together and kept each other entertained. Other then not having enough juice boxes for them, I think they all had fun. Besides Audrey and Maddie, another friend from work has a son that is turning 1 in July that was there. It was pretty cute seeing them "play" with each other.

Here is Maddie "hugging" Audrey, and Audrey saying "Hey, can't you see I'm playing here"...

Here are the 3 Turner 1 years olds, concentrating VERY hard...

Thanks to everyone that came! We had an awesome time and we hope you all did too! We are planning on doing a repeat next year, so mark you calendars...

Birthday Bash Part 1 - The Cake

So as many of you know I had this "vision" for the girls birthday cake. I was really nervous about making this vision a reality as I am not the best cake maker. I haven't made a ton of cakes and have never used fondant... I had to have a polka dot cake, and made 1 large cake for the guests and a small cake for each of the girls. All in all I am happy with the results! I had envisioned navy polka dots to match the invitations but that just wasn't in the cards (note to self, regular food coloring makes bright blue, NOT navy) but am happy with the white. I made the polka dots with fondant. They actually sell the stuff at Michael's pre-made and you just roll it out and cut it with cookie cutters or whatever. It was actually pretty easy to do. Now draping a cake like they do for weddings is a different story. Maybe for her 2nd birthday... We ended up with zero left over so I guess it was ok?

The girls loved the cake too. We put their high chairs out on the deck and everyone sang Happy Birthday. Audrey being the ham she is sat there and soaked in the attention. Maddie on the other hand was a little overwhelmed and put her head down and cried. No matter, she got over it and went full speed into the cake. She did an awesome job at getting icing ALL over her, which is exactly what you are supposed to do. Audrey was rather methodical with her cake. She started off just poking at it and licking her finger. She then would take a small piece off the cake and eat it. 20 minutes or so in she decided it was pretty good and ended up eating most of the cake. Shocker I know...

Here they are, in all their frosting covered glory:

And here is what remained of the cakes after they were done...

Not a bad job girls... Audrey's is the one on the left if you were wondering...

1st Birthday...

My baby turned 1 years old today.

I am still having a hard time believing it. On one hand it seems like just yesterday that I gave birth to her and on the other hand I don't remember life without her. We had a great day and a wonderful birthday party that I will post pictures of later.

Happy Birthday Audrey Elizabeth!

Here's to many many birthdays to come...

Polka Dots...

I'm starting to get really excited about the big 1st birthday bash, it's just over 2 weeks away!

I had been waiting for the invites to all go out to post a picture of them. They came out quite cute if I do say so. A special thanks to my friend Lisa at work who is a Photoshop master and helps me to perfect my visions (she also played a key role in my Christmas cards this year, she brought my snowflake to life!)...


The invites have spawned the "theme" we have decided to go with: Polka Dots. Cute right? Not too over the top kid-y or theme-y which was what I was going for. I also figure it will be a relatively easy theme to pull off which is key with a 1 year old...

I am trying to figure out what to do about the cake right now. I want to have 1 small round cake each for Audrey and Maddie and then a larger cake for the rest of the guests. In theory I would love to stack them like this beautiful cake... I am not the greatest cake baker and am not sure how that will play out. I want to do pink and navy like the invites, how cute would that be???