Riley's 1st Birthday Party

We celebrated Riley's first birthday a few weeks ago, on Valentine's Day, with some of our family and friends. Her actual birthday is the 11th, but we wanted to wait until that weekend when we would have a whole bunch of family in town to celebrate. We had the party on campus in the school's dining hall, and it worked out great! There was lots of room for the kids to run around and there were tables and chairs already set up so it was the perfect space.

The food tables.

 The banner behind the table has each monthly picture from the year all the way from her 1st month to her 1st birthday. We did her party in the morning, so we had lots of snacks and morning drinks like coffee, tea, water, etc. The green buckets are filled with ice and drinks.

These are the Strawberry Shortcake cupcakes I talked about here.

The gift table & the party favor table.

Each kid got a goodie bag of bubbles and stickers. The tag says "Thanks for coming to my party!".

The play area set up for the kids.

Table centerpieces.
We used cylinder vases with shredded green & brown paper, and a rectangle square of animal print paper with runts sprinkled around it.

 The craft table where the kids could make lion masks that I talked about here.

Riley's first birthday smash cake area.

Riley enjoying her party.

Singing happy birthday to our girl.

First bites.

Her reaction! Haha. She's LOVING it.

Digging in!

Family pic.

Friends pic.

It was a simple and wonderful way to celebrate Riley's first year.

Thanks to all that came to celebrate!

Happy Birthday, Riley Olivia!

Our sweet Riley turns 1 today! I can't believe it has been a whole year since that icy, snowy day in February. It has been a whirlwind, wonderful year with this little girl. 

Just a few things about Riley (for our records), she is fully walking (started at around 11 months). She loves fruit (grapes, pineapple, strawberries, bananas, apples, etc). She really has a sweet heart and is always very aware of others emotions. She loves to play with her baby doll. She loves being around her friends. She loves being in the water. She can point to things if we ask her where something is. She is starting to test boundaries and is a dare devil (we caught her trying to climb up the side of the staircase the other day). She is stubborn (wonder where she gets that from). She loves cuddles. She loves playing peek-a-bo. She also loves being chased. She loves looking at picture books with animals and other babies. She won't sit still for a second and has so much energy. She is starting to drink from a sippy cup and learning how to use a spoon. She is a great napper. Overall, a happy kid who knows exactly what she wants and cares tremendously about the people she loves.

 We are so thankful to God for bringing us this little girl. Words can't describe how truly blessed we feel.

Happy birthday Riley girl! Mom and Dad love you so much!