1.0 part 2.0

Ok, so I know everyone is probably sick of the birthday blogs. This is the last one, promise! How often does your baby turn one? Anyway, I am sure at least the grandparents want to see pictures. So without further ado, here is what we did for Hallie's birthday on the actual day. :) First, I decided to let Hals do whatever she wanted. Afterall, your birthday only comes once per year. Devin agreed to this as long as she "didn't drink poison." I told him I am not that stupid...But, I did allow her to destroy a roll of toilet paper. Pretty friendly of me, I thought.

Second, Hals got to spend some quality time with her dad near the ceiling. He just wanted her to see what the view is like for later in life when she is over 6 feet tall.

For lunch we gave her pizza. Ohhh did she love that.
That night, we couldn't think of a darn thing a 1 year old would like. We settled on going to McDonald's like I used to for my birthday parties when I was young. Yippee!! So Hals enjoyed her first Happy Meal (don't judge us on the terrible nutrition for the day, its not normally that bad...but she did eat apples with her chicken nuggets, so that counts for something, right?). *yes, we switched bows partway through the day. She refused to keep the other one on, perhaps cause it was in her eyes. So we went with a smaller one.*
She got a few more presents, including two fabulous books from my friend Camille that she totally adores. Right up there with big bear as favorite gifts. Love her face in this picture, that is a totally classic Hallie face.

She got a mini- kiddie cone. We thought it was plenty for her, but she thought different as she then took over my cone and then Camille's. Remember that letting her do anything she wants all day? Starting to regret it at this point...
Too bad I am so huge I am covering Ronald McDonald. Not a feat I am proud of. but, please note the ice cream all over Hallie's face and her full mouth. Hals loved this piano thing that played music when you walked on it. Spiffy for sure.

The present we got her for that day was this doll. She is so funny with it! She looks nervously at it and gets a little scared at times, but she also won't let it out of her sight. She was holding it and patting its back and trying to feed it her milk. Perhaps she will be a nice older sister someday? We will have to wait a while to find out about that.

Anyway, thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes, she had a fabulous birthday week. It was also my mom's birthday the next day, yesterday. She is still celebrating through Saturday at 3:30 (that's the deadline that her husband Dave gave). I am sad I can't be there to celebrate too. But, Happy Birthday mom!! We hope 50 is as good as 40! (ha ha, just kidding, she is only 47. But we already have fabulous plans for the big 50. Just you wait...)