Zoe First Birthday Party

Many apologies to those that have been waiting for an update on Zoe since her first birthday. It took a long time to sort through the mounds of pictures from her party and I hope it was worth the wait. Of course, I have some more goodies to post a bit later.

So the Saturday after her actual birthday, we got together with friends and family to do it up right. We did most of the prep ahead of time but of course, there's always one project that gets left until the last minute. I had been debating a collage of Zoe's first year but never really got around to printing the pictures until the night before. Thanks to Aaron, they were done before midnight but putting them into some kind of order would be my task.

How'd I do? Pretty good if I do say so myself. I am a proponent of self horn-tooting.

We had a pretty decent spread. And like any good party, we bought too much food.

Z with Grammy Mary

The guest began to arrive around 2 pm. I was surprised how quickly things got hopping. These toddlers don't fool around.

Ravi

Niko


Nancy


James Gunner (Guns for short)


The Lanings


Daddy Matt and Guns (he doesn't look too scared of you)


Josephine





Deborah and Jenn


This cake was made just for Zoe by our good friend Ann Marie.
It even has Pez on it. AMAZING!


As soon as the candles were blown out, the girls started to circle the high chair


The Birthday Girl (WALKING!)

Elena and Niko

Okay, so I expected instant carnage with the cake but Zoe was being so polite, barely poking the frosting and giving us a little look of uncertainty. Where was the flying cake chunks and the face plastered with gooey, sugary goodness?

THERE IT IS!
Actually it got messier than this but the picture is somewhere in Pixel Land.

Sharing with Nana Debbie

The final destruction. Pretty great job Z!

And here was the cake for the party revelers.

Zoe having some fun with one of her new toys.

I find it hilarious that a child can get a mountain of great things to play with and they go for a cardboard roll almost every time.

We had a wonderful time and just want to say thank you to everyone who made Z's birthday a smash.