Maya's First Birthday

We had a "small" family birthday party for Maya on Sunday (her official birthday is on the 29th) and Maya put the P in party. We agreed that she had the best and happiest day she has had yet in her young life. She was showing off, doing her excited "sniffer" where she scrunches up her nose, purses her lips and breathes heavily through her nostrils, giggling, romping and have an all-around great time.

Here is one of her two cakes...

Maya contemplating how much sugar she will be ingesting and wondering about its effects on her little body. (Maybe that is why she had such a great time?)

Trying to be patient... (cake #2)

Emerson and Skyler excited and mouths watering

I love this picture because I love to have the house full of people!

The classic first birthday photo... cake under the fingernails,

in the nostrils and smooshed everywhere else.

Maya with her new octopus toy. Thanks Auntie Di.

Reed, doing some serious biking.

Ella, listening carefully to baby holding instructions, with Baby Braeden.

Braeden, four months old and charmer already.

And... regretfully, not a single photo of Brevan. He was so cute too, running around pantless for the first half of the party due to a diaper mishap and then for the second half he ran around chasing the girls pretending to be a monster and growling at them to their sheer delight.

Thanks everyone for celebrating our girl's special day!