1st Birthday!

Wow.

How fast a year goes.

My baby is one!

Wren's birthday weekend was so much fun...
My family (Mom, John, Maeve, Sorcha, Fionn, and Grandma and Grandpa Knight) all made the trip down for the big celebration.  Fortunately, Wren's birthday fell on Easter weekend, which coincided perfectly with Spring break for the kids.  They left Thursday after school, spent the night in Bloomington, Illinois, and made it to our house right after Wren's nap on Friday!
We hung out at our house for a bit so Wren could warm up a bit to all the new faces.
She did great!

A little shy at first...

...but she warmed up pretty quickly.

Here she's playing with Grandma O's bracelet.

After playing for a while, we went over to Jim and Kathleen's to set up for the party.
I made all of the decorations myself, so it was awesome having so many helping hands to help set up!

Snuggin' Momma and Grandma O'

(Wren's Tiny Baby got in on some snuggin' action, too.)

Eating Cheerios with Grandpa O'

Hangin' with Great Grandma and Great Grandpa (and her favorite barn kitty) while we decorate.

With Great Grandma!

Wren loves her Aunt Sorch!

She also loves her cousin Macy...

Here's a big old kiss for ya, Macy! :)

After setting up, Grandma and Grandpa took us all out to eat at Texas Roadhouse.

It was so nice getting together with everyone.

The food was great and Wren did wonderfully, despite being waaaaay past her bedtime.

The next morning (Wren's birthday!), I made orange (birthday!) pancakes for breakfast.
They were so yummy!
Chris, Wren, and I spent the rest of the morning getting things ready for the party...
picking up cupcakes, putting the finishing touches on things, snuggin' on our one year old :)
The party was at 3:30pm, so after Wren's nap, we headed over for an afternoon of fun!

Tasty food, 6 (six!) different kinds of cupcakes, beautiful weather, lots of family and friends, and pony rides!
Yes, PONY RIDES!
It was freakin' awesome.

Here are some party pics from the day....

 

I lined up her month-to-month pictures all along the wall.
This was month 11 and 12!

We kept a tally... Chris won.

Grandma T with the Birthday Girl!

Lovin' the pony!

Wren's friend Ava!

:)

Huggin' Aunt Sorch!

Family pony ride!

Singing to the Birthday Girl!

 Birthday Girl with her cupcake!

My family! :)

This is where we kept the little kids...

just kidding.

With Aunt Sorcha... again!

Presents!

Diggin' right in.

Yes, I tried ALL SIX FLAVORS.

Most of the kids with one of the ponies.

What a wonderful day!

:)

Momma Hen Wren

***Still going through birthday and Easter pictures.  Will post by next week... I promise!  :)

Wren carries her baby EVERYWHERE with her.

It's so sweet!

She's such a good Momma to her baby!

Wren loves her baby!

Backyard Fun

***This last weekend was a crazy busy weekend for us.  With my family in town visiting, Wren's FIRST BIRTHDAY!, and Easter, I have about a million pictures to go through.  I will probably split the weekend up into 3 posts... but it may be a little bit before I get through all the pics.  Until then, here is an entry that I wrote a week or so ago.  Hoping to post this past weekend's pictures soon!  

Another beautiful day outside!


Playing with the "flowers" in the raised bed.
Most definitely not weeds :)

Yes, those are baby-sized sunglasses in her hand.
No, she did not keep them on her baby-sized face.

Playing in the dirt...

...and now with the rocks.

Haha, this picture makes me laugh.
It is almost impossible to get a nice, full-on face shot of this girl lately.
This is the closest I could get.

Swinging time.
She really isn't a big fan of the swing yet.
She lasts about 10 seconds in it.

She loves playing basketball with Daddy, though!

Wren goes in for the steal...

...she's got it!

I'm sure she's looking for me here.
She usually takes the basketball away from Chris, then gives it to me.

Backyard Baby!

Wren's New Baby Doll

Wren got a baby and a baby stroller from the Debikey's for her birthday.
It always makes me laugh when I see her pushing her baby around in the stroller.
The baby's eyes can open and close and Wren loves playing with them.
Which is kind of dangerous because now she loves playing with our eyes..
and the cats' eyes...
and the dog's eyes...

Note to those who visit: bring protective eye wear.


Lovin' on her new baby.

I love it when she carries her baby up on her shoulder like that.
She usually gives the baby little pats on its back, too.
So sweet!

Taking baby's hat off.

Haha, she looks so old here!

What, Mom?
Nothing to see here...
Just poking out my baby's eyes, then we are going to go for a little stroll.

March Play Date!

It's been a while since we've seen these girls, but we finally got together again with some of the Booby Class girls.  

Everyone is growing up so fast!

Here are a few pics from the play date at Josie and Macy's house. 

It's hard to catch these little ladies on camera these days...

They all loved the "The Monster at the End of This Book" App

Play time!

Busy little bees

This is the closest thing I could get to a picture of all 4 of them sitting still.

Wren was the one not cooperating... imagine that. :)

Mommas and their babies!