2.16.2009

Aile's First Birthday!

Today my very last baby turned 1! I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand she's getting so big, she's becoming independent, she's the last baby I'll nurse and the last one to be in diapers. On the other hand she's getting so BIG, she's becoming INDEPENDENT, she's the last baby I'LL nurse and THE LAST ONE TO BE IN DIAPERS!!! She's such a huge part of our family; we are so blessed to have her. I'm so glad that she is MY girl.

After a dinner of lasanga, garlic bread, and salad (Aile loves Italian food), we had the party. Here it is in pictures:

The cakes (I purposely didn't level them, I wanted a hill-ish look for the flowers).

Opening the presents:

The best part of the presents was, of course, the tissue paper.

The Eating of The Cake:

It's thirsty work dismantling a cake.

Ultimately she really destroyed the cake well, but didn't actually eat very much of it. She mostly wanted to be fed the ice cream. Ah, well.

Happy Birthday my Sweet Baby Aile!

5 comments:

Melanie said...

She's so cute.

Has it really been a year?

Crazy!

The Momma said...

Valerie, she is so cute. I want her to come visit soon. Her head is so adorable, she's a mini Caden, but a girl. Haha!

MaryRuth said...

How do you pronounce her name?

Cute little girl... cute cake!

Valerie said...

MR - it's pronounced "I-lee".

The Lovells said...

Happy Birthday sweet Aile! Wish I could have been there.