The Third Saturday in October

When you utter those words in the South it only means one thing..Tennessee/Alabama weekend..well, that was until our beautiful daughter came along and her birthday fell on October 21..which more often than not will mean her birthday party will be the third Saturday in October. Dada did not go to Knoxville this year, instead he was cutting birthday cake and running the video camera..and I think loving every minute of it!!

We had to light the candle three times and I think she would have kept blowing it out all day..she kept doing the "more" sign!



Cake, ice cream and juice..what more can a girl hope for??

There were 14 kids here and 12 adults and still we (adults) seemed terribly outnumbered!

Opening gifts was kind of fun but she really seemed to enjoy just playing with the tissue paper. She also had a blast playing "pin the bone on the doggy" and I think it may be hanging in our living room for a while.

I think she really just enjoyed having all the kids here. She did spend a lot of time outside showing everyone Sasha and Gabby (the inspiration for the party). She also received a delivery during the party.. a balloon bouquet from Lily and she really thought she was something when the delivery man handed it to her.

It really is amazing the difference a year makes. This time last year we were spending her birthday just wishing she was with us. We were a full three weeks away from holding her and it seemed like an eternity. Today we had her with us and were so happy to hear her squealing as she ran through the house.