Birthday Party!

Mia turned one today and we had an awesome party with my family. We all gathered at my parents house since the family is so large and their dining room fits us better than ours. Mia liked sitting with grandpa while waiting for dinner. We had hamburgers, salad, cantaloupe, chips, and cake. Mia enjoyed her deconstructed hamburger and ate quite well.

Mom made this beautiful cake for Mia. It had Swiss meringue frosting with an ombre effect. Such a cute cake!  Thanks so much mom!

Mia wasn't sure how to blow out her candle and wanted to snuff it with her fingers. You can see her niece's hands in the background reaching to keep her from touching it. We did get it blown out with some help.

This is Mia's before cake beauty shot. 

Not sure what to do with her cake.

She starts to figure it out

 And eventually gets it. 

 "Why don't we have this every day?"

 And finally orders "Another piece please!"

 I think that she liked licking the frosting off of the cake better than the cake itself, but who can blame her.  It was really tasty frosting. 

Then we moved onto presents... There were actually lots of them. She was great and actually took the time to appreciate each of them, and the wrapping paper of course. She was a little timid tearing the paper because she knows she isn't supposed to tear things. With a little help she figured it out. 

 Clapping for presents. Then hauling them away so her nieces and nephew couldn't take them. 

We will continue to work on sharing. 

What a fun party and Mia held it together till the end, when she got a little overwhelmed with so many people and so many new toys. I don't know how we will ever top this birthday. 

Hope you had a great day! Sorry you got to bed about 1 1/2 hours too late. It was worth it though.