The Party

 

The cake (decorated with paper :-) The top tier was for AnnCarter.

 

Aunt Kathleen surprised the family and came in town, so we were excited she was able to be there for dinner celebration.

 

Cake time. She looks excited here...

 

But really, she was not too impressed (I love the pursed lips). I think she was a bit too tired at this point to be very interested in the cake, despite all of the sugar in it.

 

Present time

 

Foam puzzles!

 

Happy Birthday AnnCarter!

We had a great time celebrating AnnCarter's birthday with the Teague side of the family.  We missed the Whitmires (my family) and our friends in Oregon! But here's a bit of a snapshot of the evening. AnnCarter had such a fun time. I realize she had no idea we were celebrating her birthday, but from the way she acted it would've made you wonder if she had a bit of an idea. But knowing her personality, I think she was just thrilled to be around so many people that she knows and loves.  The entire Teague family was there (expect Jesse who's on a backpacking trip), and Scottie Webb and Mark Currin just happened to be in town, so they were able to join us too.  We ate dinner together and then sang Happy Birthday to AnnCarter.  (I will post a video of this soon.) She was not too interested in the cake. By then she was pretty tired (she missed her second nap), but she managed to get a lot of icing in her hair.  Marshall decided that was to ensure that she'd get to take a birthday bath (baths being one of her favorite activities now), so of course we gave her one.  Then we opened some presents. To top it all off, we all sang The Itsy Bitsy Spider together (probably her favorite part of the evening!).  A fun celebration with our now one year old!