My 1st Birthday!!

I can't believe our baby is one!!!!! It doesn't seem like a year since we brought her home from the hospital! It's remarkable at how much she has grown and developed over this last year! What a journey for all of us!!!

It's been a few days since the big weekend, but it's taken me this long to recover and process that my baby is a big girl now!!

I took off on Friday so Jason and I were both home on her actual birthday. We filled the house with balloons and a huge Pooh early that morning. So when she got up, she was surprised with instant fun! After her breakfast we let her open a present but saved the rest for her party. After a brief nap....I guess she decided she didn't have to nap on her big day....we headed to the pumpkin patch!!! It was the BEST time ever! Kadence smiled from ear to ear the entire time. She didn't get upset once! I think we could have spent the entire afternoon there but someone needed a nap!! She never cried, but we knew we were about to overstep her limits!!

So after some much needed rest...for all 3 of us...we carved one of the pumpkins. And you'll never guess what we (and by "we" I mean Jason) carved into the pumpkin.....drumroll......Pooh!!!

Saturday was her party....Thanks to everyone who made her special day even more special!!!!!!!!! She LOVES all of her new "big girl" toys!! And the cake pictures speak for themselves!! She didn't really use her hands that much!! I never expected her to dive right in with her face! One lick of that icing and that's all she needed! YUM! And she never got sick! She was such a trooper! She's not use to so many people and so much craziness in the house, but she never got cranky until right before bedtime. We were so proud of her! She really showed what a fantastic toddler she really is! Did I just say toddler???? Happy Birthday Miss Mae!!!!!