Birthday Fun

Eliza enjoyed her birthday this year. I think Brooklyn was more excited for the day though. It was a fairly boring morning and afternoon getting things ready for the night. Brooklyn loved making cupcakes and helping me by cleaning up all of her toys. Eliza just took her naps and treated it like a normal day. She did love being called "Birthday girl" and hearing "Happy Birthday" over and over.
Brooklyn was so excited that she kept saying "it's taking forever for grandmas to get here". We had invited all of their grandparents over to celebrate with us.
Once everyone was here, Eliza and Brooklyn both loved all the attention. Eliza was wearing her "the birthday tutu". Brooklyn wore this for her birthday so I put it on Eliza too. It was cute! She quickly found the presents on the floor and began climbing.
Brooklyn helped open the presents, but by the end Eliza was getting the hang of it. She, of course, loved climbing on the boxes and playing with the paper more than anything.
We bought her a doll and doll set and she was so excited to hold the baby.
Time for cake and ice cream. We always do cupcakes for the 1st birthday. Here's her first taste.
She loved it! She loved the ice cream more. Before too long, she was shivering because she was so cold!
All cleaned up, warm again and ready to play with some of her gifts.
Here's her loot! Minus the baby doll that her big sister has been sleeping with every night.
It was a fun night! Thanks to all the grandparents for celebrating with us and for spoiling our little girl.