Gracie's First Birthday

Gracie first birthday party was perfect. She was perfect. Dave and I thought she would be scared of all the people that she didn't really know and that by the end of the afternoon she would be fussy. We really should know by now that she has such an easy going personality that nothing bothers her. As our friends arrived, I passed her around and she was totally fine with that. Dave and I would leave the room and she acted as if it was no big deal. This party was a great time for us to connect with friends we hadn't seen in a while as well as to introduce Gracie to some peoplethat she hadn't met.

When it was time to do presents, Gracie sat in her pink chair of honor. We hadn't put her in the chair in a long time (http://little-baby-t.blogspot.com/2008/01/gracies-new-chair.html) and this time she was able to sit in it like a big girl. As we opened the cards, Grace took an immediate liking to it. I handed her the card while I opened the present and she had no interest in the present, just the card. Becky made the comment that she should have bought her staionary! We are so thankful for all of the wonderful gifts everyone got for Pudge, I really couldn't believe how generous everyone was. She got a purse, (awesome, we're starting her early!) a couple of walkers (we got video of her with that, post coming soon!), some really cute dresses, clothes and swimsuits, and several other toys.

The cake was a ton of fun! As we were all singing to her, she sat there, very mellow, as if to say, "What the heck are you all doing?" After the song, I put the whole top layer of the cake in front of her. She just stared. Well no duh Mom. That cake must have looked so huge to her; of course she had no clue what to do with it. After Mom Mom suggested cutting a little off for her, she began eating it no problem. We were all surprised though by how clean she was while eating. We excpeted a huge mess on the floor, icing in her hair, the whole deal. But it was realitivly clean.

After cake we ran up for a quick bath and wardrobe change, came back down and played with our guests until the last one left at 5. Grace was fine until bed at 7:30. She had had one morning nap and managed not to be cranky all day (I wish I could say the same for me:) She's amazing! Enjoy the pics!

She loved opening presents in her chair of honor!

Oh, is that a purse?? I want to play with that!

She did "tear" into her gifts.

Grace loves cards! She played with the cards while Mommy opened the gifts!

The cake!

"Why is everyone looking at me? What's the big deal?"

I think the sugar is really kicking in right about now!

Here she is showing off her front teeth! (When I was playing her later that night I noticed a new tooth had broken through, the one to the right of front tooth!)

Even her sloppiest moments weren't too bad!