Happy Birthday Brooklyn!!!

This afternoon we celebrated Brooklyn's first birthday (which is really on the 28th). We had Cory's cousin Tammy and her family here and JD and Cindy Leslie from our ward as well. It was so nice to visit, enjoy yummy food, and celebrate her first birthday. We sure love, love, love having this fun little personality, and cuddly little girl in our family!! We can't imagine life without her!

Birthday girl!!

Birthday cake...bring on the PARTAAAAYYYY!!!

family picture
Not a fan of her cake or ice cream.  She first squeezed the frosting and then grabbed a handful of cake and dropped it over the side of her high chair.  You can see the grapes on her tray--that is all she wanted.  The girl loves ice cream but refused it today--I guess we won't force her to eat sweets!!

Briggs and Ethan enjoying their cake and ice cream.

From left to right.  Briggs, Haylee, Dakota, Nichole, and Darrion (Tammy and Brent's kids; Briggs is of course ours ;-)

Opening her presents.  She actually sat the entire time and loved it.  She loves to rip paper whenever she can get her hands on it so this was right up her ally.  Silly girl.

I love her little face in this one!

Ethan enjoying her presents.

The stroller that Ethan will dominate; the boy loves to push strollers and true to form, the moment she opened it he was trying to wisk it away.  She actually really liked it; here's hoping she will begin to like girly things (she much prefers her brothers toys which is okay too).

I just love her!
Bathtub cups--this is going to be a hit during bath time!

Discovering her balloons

All snugly with the blanket that Grandma Jones made her!