Tilly's First Birthday Party

It is hard to believe that it has already been a YEAR since Tilly was born. Even though her actual birthday is not until the 20th, we went ahead and had her party on the 14th. It was a great party, and I think Tilly had a pretty good time. Here are some photographs from the party:



Here is Tilly before the party--looks like she's really fired up, huh?!

One of our latest "tricks" is asking Tilly, "How old are you?" And she puts up one finger, then we all clap and say "Yay!!!" Here she is mid-performance:

Here is the food for the grown-ups...we only had 3 kids there, and of course, all they cared about eating was cake and crackers!

Here is a picture of the 2 cakes...Looks okay from a distance, right?Here's a close-up. NOT SO GREAT! Let's just say that I was less than thrilled, but of course, it was eaten anyway!

Here is one of the highlights, which made me forget about the big cake. It was no surprise that Tilly tore in to that sucker! Here she is doing one of the things she does so well:
How thoughtful, she's trying to share...uh, thanks, but no thanks!!!

The aftermath....anyone for leftovers???

Here she is opening some gifts--there were TONS, and they were all wonderful! She didn't really rip any open like I thought she would. However, there were about 30 sets of eyes on her, so maybe it was just stage fright... These are the ear muffs we got her in hopes to help with ear infections. (We are getting tubes after the first of the year--turns out she even had an ear infection at her party.)

Happy Birthday, Tilly!

PS: I was almost afraid that the blogger.com people would fire me from this since it's been so long...sorry!