Happy Birthday, Baby Girl!!

I can't believe that our little girl is 1! We had so much fun celebrating as a family and with friends this past weekend. On Friday (11.11.11!) we did our family celebration and Evie and I went out to lunch with Grandma, Great-Grandma and Aunt Lisa. Aunt Katie arrived Friday night which was also quite exciting! On Saturday was the party with friends and family.
Here's Evie at the getting ready party. She enjoyed watching all the preparations while she ate and held on to her balloons. :)

She also entertained herself for quite some time with Uncle Aaron's big bear. Here she is showing us how cool it is. :)

We couldn't have done the party without Katie. She was such a huge help!
My friend Karen did all the flowers and helped with the overall decor - we had quite the party during the pre-party! :)

I did a horrible job taking pictures during the party. All these are either taken by Katie or Nathan's dad. Thanks you two!

Cake time! Evie wasn't quite as interested in her cupcake as I'd thought she'd be. She was quite delicate at first. After a few good bites she informed us she was "all done". Oh well, I suppose a love of sweets will come naturally enough and definitely not something I need to push. :)


Evelyn was more into opening the presents than I thought she would be. I think she was just thrilled that I was finally letting her rip paper into tiny pieces and letting her pull all the tissue out of bags. :)
Of course the Fields gave her an OSU hat and cheerleading bear ;)
Thanks to all the family and friends who were able to come! It meant a lot to us to have so many of the people who have played a big role in Evie's life there to celebrate with us!

We tried milk today...

So now that our baby is 1 (on 11.11.11!!!), we decided to try whole milk this morning. (don't worry, birthday party pictures will be coming soon!) I think Evie may take after her parents when it comes to drinking milk. After eyeing her trusty sippy cup VERY suspiciously for a few minutes, she decided to give it a try. It all came spurting back out twice as fast as it even went in! She gave me such a startled, hurt, betrayed look too! We continued on with breakfast and at the end decided to try it again. Again, it went spraying everywhere! She almost burst into tears so we switched to water instead. She was quite happy then. ;) So we'll see how it goes... any tips from parents of children who love milk are welcome. ;)
Since I wasn't fast enough to get pictures of this first milk trying experience, I'll post some from our CW walk this past Sunday. Now that Evie walks so well she prefers walking down the street instead of riding. She is getting faster, but our walks are still significantly slower than pre-walking days. :)
Here we are on our way out the door. You will notice her the red Chic-fil-e balloon. It has been her trusty companion these last few days. :) It goes everywhere with her.
CW...

Pointing to all the dogs:

Playing on the palace green:

She has also figured out recently how to turn her little stool into a chair and climb up on it. You can tell how pleased she is. :)