Nora's 1st Birthday Party...long over due!

I apologize for the poor picture quality...I grabbed my parent's camera and snapped away because I am terrible at remembering to take pics and well, I didn't realize that it was not on automatic settings, but you'll at least get the idea. Thank you Steve for letting us use your beautiful studio for the party!

She kept the hat on briefly...just long enough to snap a

couple of photos

She loved having snacks down at her level, she would take a

cracker and walk around eating it and then come back to refill.

If we had been at home that bowl would be all over the floor.

She was on her best behavior for her party. She waved to everyone who came in the door

When I ran home to get ready for the party I hadn't added the

yellow frosting to her cake yet, so Steve came to the rescue and added the cute polka dots as well as her name sign in the window...coming up.

We had to have some pinwheels

The beautiful flowers were left over from a wedding that weekend,

so I was able to make some cute arrangements for the party, the colors couldn't have been more perfect

A common pose for Nora,

fingers in the mouth and her belly exposed

Lots of friends and family!

Rachel, on the left, is having a baby! We couldn't be more excited for her and BJ, they will be awesome parents and well selfishly we will have more friends with kids

Nora loves little Walker, and his beautiful Mommy Jen who has captured our sweet little girl on many occasions. She is beyond talented and best of all she is funny and sweet

Nora was thrilled to have everyone sing to her as demonstrated by her facial expression

The photo in the photo is by Jen... can't believe how

little she is. The favors are hard to see, but they were animal cookies in glassine bags, stitched closed.

I think she managed to open about 3 presents and then she had moved on to other things. She has a hard time concentrating on the task at hand, especially in social situations.

It was a fun party, we left feeling so happy and proud of our little girl. We can't wait for many more birthdays to come! and Grandma and Grandpa Atkins we will make sure that you guys can come next time, we missed you!