Go Laura, It's Your Birthday (Party)

We celebrated Laura's first birthday on Sunday with a family party at Grandma Barb and Grandpa Glenn's house. Whoa. Birthday parties are not easy to throw or manage and I can only imagine it will get harder. I totally get why most of the birthday parties of my youth involved an outing or sleepover with a friend or two. (Laura, take note!!)

I attempted to make it a pretty low-key affair. We opened presents (below you can see Laura checking out her stuffed raptor from Uncle Mike & Auntie Kaitlin) but Laura is more into cards and envelopes right now than actual gifts. We had pizza, one of Laura's fave foods, and there were cupcakes for the birthday girl and guests. Not to mention PARTY GAMES (including a cool, spur-of-the-moment pin the tail on the donkey - thanks Ian!).











My favorite part of the party was when we were singing "Happy Birthday" to her. Her face was so excited, either because of the lit candle or the joy of everyone singing to and looking at her, but it was a good moment that I'll remember. As of now, she took after her dad more than her mom and had no interest in the cupcake, save for licking a little frosting off her fingers. She was pretty happy about her birthday hat and actually ate more of the hat than her cupcake (oops)!














In the end, it's all about the fun, not the work that goes into it, and we had a fun time. Thanks to her grandparents for hosting and to all the guests for coming and bringing such nice gifts! Laura is going to be a well-dressed and well-read baby this spring, that's for sure.