"While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about."

             -Angela Schwindt

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Ashley's 1st Birthday Party

Flashback of Ashley at a few weeks old:
My dad shot the party and took most of the below...

Party time!!
Photo credit to Jon here...
Jenna stealing a lil bit of the attention.
Ashley liked to climb on top of her gifts and then tap them with her index finger. Like that would open it.
We hadn't even done the cake at this point and she looks partied out! She had pulled her tutu up under her arm pits and that got loads of laughs!
She loved the Elmo Jenna got her! (And apparently, so did I...)
And now for the cake smashing!

Here is the big cake. They did it in "Strawberry Shortcake" colors. An idea I liked until red was everywhere!
Ashley's own personal cake:
Getting ready for the cake! (Jenna looks so excited.)
Digging in! (This is not her first taste of sweets or cake for that matter, but it was the first time she was turned loose with a big piece!)Do I look good with some icing here?!?!
The hat had to go. Getting too messy!So does the bow...
OH MY!! Did I make this mess??
Oh well, what can ya do...I'll pose and be cute!
The party did not end in tears as I thought it would - even after she got a hose down by Daddy in the sink and then a bath while guests were here.

Hope you had as much fun as I think you did, Ashley!

10 comments:

Hilary said...

Tooooo cute!! Happy 1st birthday Ashley!!!

Leslie said...

Looks like she enjoyed her cake! Great pictures!

Lisa said...

Happy 1st Birthday, Ashley! Oh my gosh, how adorable! Love the cake/icing all over her! Precious! I never was able to get my kids to "dig in" to their cake on their 1st birthday. You've got some terrific pics there!

Sunshine said...

Gorgeous! I laughed so hard:)

Me said...

Omigosh! Look at that mess!! What a doll!!

Happy Birthday sweety! Pants isn't too far behind ya!!!

Unknown said...

So cute! The cake and icing is hilarious!

Nancy Hood said...

I don't think I've seen so much cake on a birthday child before :) what a great mommy you are!

Chad said...

That was awesome. Thanks for sharing the pictures, although I must say that I am scared to see what is going to happen in our household in 11 months now.

Rachel Dominguez said...

OH MY GOSH GIRL~!!! How incredible. Melana would NOT dig in to her cake like that. What a wonderful day!

I love the last 2 posts too. Remembering back. Isn't that awesome.

Rachel

Bird On A Line said...

hahahhahahahaaaaaaa! She made SUCH a mess! Hilarious. I can't believe we'll be celebrating Claire's first birthday next weekend already!!!! where did the time go?!?!?!?!

Love the tutu, by the way! :)