Birthday Girl

My sweet baby girl turned 1 year old yesterday. I simply cannot believe a whole year has gone by. It was everything I dreamed it would be and more. She is so amazing and definitely the best thing that has happened to me. She gives us all so much joy and we am so very grateful to have her in our lives.

To celebrate her birthday, both her grandmas and her Aunt Erin came to visit from NY. We went to the zoo and out to dinner to celebrate yesterday. It was her first trip to the zoo and she really liked seeing the animals - especially the monkeys. They are her favorite lately and she likes to imitate their sounds. Its pretty funny hearing a 1 year old saying "ooh ooh ooh". She got to pet some of the animals at the petting corale - I thought she would be scared but she really liked it. Here is a pic of her petting a goat.

Afterwards at the restaurant, we got her an ice cream sundae. She loved putting her hands in it, mushing it all over her face and the table like fingerpaint. Here is a photo of her just getting her hands in it...

Then we went home and opened her presents. We bought her the Anywhere Chair from Pottery Barn Kids and one of her grandmas got her the Elmo Live doll. This thing is amazing. She got tons of other toys and gifts - and Christmas is just around the corner!

Today we had a party for her at the house with some friends and family. Jordyn was a little cranky this morning so I put her down for an early nap. I woke her after 2 hours to get her dressed for her party. By then some people started to arrive. She became very clingy and wouldn't let me put her down or go to anyone - not even her daddy. At first I thought all the people freaked her out, but that usually doesn't bother her. Then her triplet friends arrived and she didn't even want to play with them. I thought she might be hungry so I fed her lunch. She seemed a little better but still didn't let me leave her. Then it was cupcake time. I put her in her high chair and we all sang to her, and daddy and I helped blow out her candle. She didn't want to eat her cupcake, much less touch it. She was not interested at all. So I was bummed that we didn't get a photo with frosting on her face. She then seemed even more cranky so I put her down for a nap. Over 2 hours later I went to get her and she had 102.5 fever. Her first fever ever in her life and it had to be for her birthday party. Poor thing. So I spent the rest of the day taking care of a sick baby. Her fever broke a little while ago but I am expecting it to spike during the night. I have a feeling I won't be getting much sleep :-(

So since I was dealing with Cranky McFever Pants, I didn't get any pictures of her from her party. I know others took some so I have to wait to get those. For now, here's a few more from her b-day yesterday.