Walking in a Birthday Winter Wonderland

Avery turned 1 while we were in Texas for the Holidays. We were so happy to have all of the family at Avery's party, but we sure missed all of our friends that are the usual suspects at all of our birthday parties!

Since Avery's birthday is December 29th, I thought that a Winter Wonderland party would be a good first birthday for her. We had a fish dinner, caught by Grandpa straight from the frigid waters in Alaska. The cousins helped us make snowflake decorations, and we had a igloo cake complete with polar bears and a penguin. Avery even got some themed presents from Mom and Dad, a stuffed penguin and some snowy polar bear jammies.

She was such a happy girl on her birthday...

Here are a few pictures marking the day!

Enjoying some fish! Brain food!

Presents!

Cake!

Clean up time!

Avery Through the Ages

A dear friend of ours gave Avery monthly tracking onesies so we could take pictures and watch how much Avery grows and changes throughout her first year. I just got around to tracking down all of the pictures that we took and it was really fun to compare them. I sure do love my little googies! She's been such a wonderful baby and we love having a sister to snuggle on!

Our baby girl...