Party like you're ONE!

Hey all, Miss Maya's parents are exhausted! Who's idea was it to throw three parties? (Uh, I think it was me.) On Friday night we invited all our neighbor friends over and had cake. On Saturday, Maya's little friends came over and enjoyed cake (another cake, I made two cakes!). And on Sunday, all of Maya's grandparents, great-grandparents, an aunt and an uncle came over for lunch and CAKE! By Monday, we were all pooped! All in all, we had a great time and Maya is loved by many. Thanks, everyone, for coming over and celebrating one year of Maya!

Oh, my wonderful friend at work, Diana, had her baby yesterday. Welcome to this crazy world Daniela!!!

ONE year p.o.t.p.!

She's walking...almost absolutely refuses to crawl now.
Just wants to walk everywhere.

Friday's party...

Maya helping Daddy decorate a cake"Michael? Did you bring me a pony?"Dana and Maya enjoying a good picture book
one of Mommy's favorite birthday presents...beautiful framed portraits of Maya! Made me cry.

Saturday's party...

teddy bears I made for Maya's little guests

beautiful cake...Mommy made, Daddy decorated

Zoe & Maya and their DaddiesTea and Maya playing in the tubeah, another wonderful cake to munch onMaya looooves books! great birthday present, Zoe!Tea, Maya & Zoe...what absolutely adorable little girls!parties make Zoe sleepyMaya and the Kokinda boysOtter, Maya and Fritz...Smile!

Sunday's party...

checking things out with Uncle Jasonyummy cake made by Aunt Joyce!

Maya agrees!so many presents...they're bigger than she is!when do children stop chewing on things?another one of our favorites, a handmade Raggedy Ann doll by
Maya's Great-Gramma, what a treasure!smile!

puzzles are fun!

this would have been perfect if I had pulled that darn carrot out of her mouth!Other pictures...

enjoying a Saturday morning readrelaxing...giving dolly a kissdoing a little shoppingshe obviously bought too much...ex-haust-ed!