First Birthday

Wow, so we have been busy living life since the last time I posted.  Dylan turned 1 last week and we had a HUGE party with all her friends (and our friends) and family to celebrate.  There was water fun outside for the kiddos and pizza and cupcakes.  It was a lot of fun, but I am glad it is all over.  Here are a few pics from the birthday week festivities!

 Mommy and daddy got Dylan a cool water table and a small stuffed cow.  Dylan immediately snuggled up with the cow, but she LOVED playing on the box of the water table.  I almost felt bad having daddy set it up for her since the box was so fun.

 MMMMMM...Birthday dinner of homemade mac and cheese and rosemary and orange roasted chicken.  The highchair decorations (2 balloons) were met with limited success, but she did enjoy playing with them.

 Singing happy birthday.  Dylan is wearing a "crown" my mom made her.

 MMMMMMM.... Cookies and cream cupcake!

 Fake choking - her new favorite past time.

 HAHA - just kidding - I love my cupcake!

 Birthday girl all dressed up!  She hated the tutu and the bow so we tricked her into putting it on after the party when she was too exhausted to fight it.

 Cupcake table - 5 dozen cupcakes.

 Baby pandemonium in my living room - this picture does not accurately capture the craziness that happened.  Most of the big kids and their parents were outside so the kids could play in the pool and the slip n slide.

 Smash cake made by my friend Megan.  It turned out awesome!

 Smash cake results - not much eaten.  My mom made her cry and then she was pretty much done with the whole thing.

 Chillin with my brother!

Most of my family.  I'm sitting on my mom's lap.  My sister is next to me and then my 2 brothers and my three nieces.  Don's grandmother and aunt are also in the background.

Dylan with one of her school boyfriends, Luke.  They had a really good time together.