Keep the Birthday Comin'!

Around here we like to take as many days to celebrate a birthday as possible. 

Monday was Reese's 'real birthday so I took the day off to spend with her and my grandmother & aunt. 

We started the morning by giving her the presents from us. She really only cared about one. Oh well.

Letting Jaxon help her open a present

Hmm. What's in here?

Yeah I'd rather ride my new truck

Let's go! I believe he was actually moving back and forth
to try to make the car go.

Isn't he the best brother? He pushed her around for a long time.

Leaving the scene of a crime.
See the fallen decorating on her high chair.

After presents I made her a birthday breakfast of french toast.

To celebrate her day the Rios clan loaded up and headed to the Botanical Garden to visit the Butterfly Exhibit. 

holding a chrysalis shell

Once back home Reese had one more present to open, from my parapro extraordinare... Maggie. 

I was not surprised the 'phone' was her favorite

Later that night she preferred the real deal purse. 

10 more days to go!!

It's NOT a Party!!

Happy 1st Birthday to my sweet little girl!

For months I have said I was not going to have a birthday party for her. Just family and cake. As the day drew nearer, I went back and forth. Maybe I should invite a few kids. Have a 'real' party. But no, I stuck to my guns. It was going to be small and stress free and all about our little Peesey. 

As we're getting ready for the evening's non-party. Jaxon kept saying, "At the party, I'm going to..." Finally I told him, "There's no party. It's just Mama, Daddy, you, Abu, Lola, Grammy Sue, Abuela Chefa, Titi Wanda & Tia Kate. We're just having cake and dinner. Not a party." 

To which he responds, "Is there cake? Is there balloons? Is there presents? Then it's a party." 

Sigh. He's right. 

But I still said, "It's NOT a Party!!" {We were on a BREAK!}

Then he gets upset when he realizes Ami isn't invited. "Will they come over tomorrow for her REAL birthday? But they HAVE to come sing happy birthday to Reesey." 

Sorry, Dude. It's not a party. 

Please enjoy the pictures from Reese's non-party. 

Gift from Grammy Sue.
The favorite one.

OMG was she happy! 

Ok. How adorable was her outfit??

Grammy Sue with the birthday girl

It really doesn't get any cuter

Abuela Chefa & Titi Wanda all the way from Puerto Rico to celebrate Reese

Tia Kate

Reese with her Great Grandma

Yay! A family picture!

Teaching better work out for me, because a cake decorator
I am not!

Angry we took her cake away. 

I ordered ice cream cupcakes from Cold Stone a week ago. Expecting beautifully decorated cupcakes. Yeah. Not so much. I was non too pleased!

Really? I could have done better!

And this isn't light pink like I requested. 

Ugh!

The last year, month by month

Looking at these I realize her cheeks started to grow at around 3 months. 

I could not have been happier with this non-party. She was surrounded by the people that love her most. It was perfection!

Happy birthday to my favorite girl in the entire world!  You are loved more than you will ever know!