Zoey's First Birthday

So I got the pictures a little backwards this time, but Happy Birthday Zoey!!

Zoey turned one on June 25, 2008, and it was a great party!! I can't belive how fast this year has gone. Zoey decided to walk before her birthday....but was shy about showing it.

She is finally starting to show a little more personality, and heaven help us she has her mothers need to put on a show. She loves to crawl around with her brothers underpants (not clean ones mind you) on her head. She loves to put them on top of her head and wait for mom and dad to notice so she can get her laugh.

I didn't think it would be this much fun to dress up my little "dolly" and get her to smile at me. She is such a little lady and knows when she looks good.

This however was the face we got when it was time for the birthday cake. She knew that something was going on for her...but was uninterested in most of it.

Since she couldn't have an opinion this year....Mom got a Care-Bears party. I'm never one to over-do (wink wink), but I think that the cake was particularly cute this year.

Like Parker, Zoey was a little leary of this thing that we set in front of her. I'm amazed that as parents we expect kids to dive into something that they've never seen or tasted before. We spend the first year of their lives telling them not to touch things or get messy....then on the first birthday...here kid mush this big cake all over your face!

Being the tender girl she is, she just ran one finger into a little bit of the frosting. As you can also see her brother's little mit was very eager to help Zoey eat her cake.

All in all it was a great first birthday and she got to have her cake and eat it too! I can't wait to see what else this little girl has in store for us. She is an amazing little soul and I love every minute of her being in our family!!