Saturday, May 8, 2010

Alaina's First Birthday Party!

We celebrated Alaina's first birthday today! It's hard to believe that she's a year old already. The past year went by so fast! Alaina's birthday is officially May 11th, but we celebrated today since the whole family was here. Nate's family came from DesMoines. My parents and brother came over to celebrate. The weather was very cold and rainy today so we could not have everyone outside like we planned. Instead we grilled some hot dogs and hamburgers and had a nice dinner inside. I made a cute cupcake tree instead of a big birthday cake for Alaina. She wasn't too interested in eating her cupcake, she was content just holding her #1 candle. Below are some pictures from her birthday party. Mommy and Daddy love you, Alaina. May you have many more happy birthdays!
Cousin Brianna decorating cupcakes for Alaina's cupcake tree.
Cousin Alysa showing off the final product!

Papou and Yiayia holding Alaina before singing "Happy Birthday"

Hello cupcake!

"The cupcake is nice and all, but this candle is really fascinating!"

"Try some cake," says Grandma Bruck. "It tastes better than the candle."

1 comment:

Jill said...

How cute! I can't believe she's 1 already! Time flies. Tell her happy birthday for me! Hopefully we'll all get to see each other at some point over the summer. :)