Let her eat cake!

Lily had a nice birthday. It was a Sunday and Merrick and I were actually pretty busy with our callings that day but I still tried to make it her day. I made crepes for breakfast, which she loves. Mac n cheese for lunch – always a winner. And lasagna and garlic cheesy bread swirls for dinner. We had lasagna with her once and she loved it and this time she did too! Ate it right up!

For the festivities, we decorated the dining room table as usual.

And since she doesn’t really sit with us at the table yet I made her high chair a little extra special too.

I made two cakes – a cute little smash cake for Lily specially decorated with rosettes, and a big cake for the rest of us. I made a little stencil in the shape of a 1 and sprinkled it with sprinkles. It turned out pretty good. :)

Lily was excited to see all the decorations and cakes when she woke up in the morning!

We staggered the presents throughout the day – opened some in the morning (I knew one of her grandmas would come through with a new dress for her to wear to church! Thanks Mom!), and finished the rest up after church.

After dinner we took her outside and let her go crazy with her little smash cake. Of course I had to put her little tutu on with a big old headband. :)

At first she just kept trying to rub the frosting off her fingers – too sticky! But then we finally got her to taste it and she started eating it more. She much preferred having a fork in hand though. So refined, already!

We sure love this girl. Thanks to everyone who sent cards, gifts, and greetings our way! Now we’ve got a 1 year old in the house! It’s sure fun!