Spring Break and Hattie's 1st B-Day Party!

Today was our first day back at school and daycare after having an entire week off for Spring Break. Hattie, Brent, and I got used to staying up late and sleeping in, so it made today extra hard to get out of bed....but we did! Spring Break was exciting with both sets of grandparents in town, trips to the zoo, dinners, shopping....and a big birthday party! We had a very exciting week!
Hattie really enjoyed having the extra attention. She loved showing off for her grandparents. I think her favorites were playing peek with Grandpa John, building & destroying towers of blocks with Papa Rick, going to the zoo with Grandma Jean, and bouncing like a horsie on Nana Cathy's lap. We LOVE having family here, and hate it when they leave. We are looking forward to the day when grandparents will be closer!
On Saturday we had Hattie's birthday party. Although she will not be one until another 3 weeks, we figured it would be very special to have her first party with both sets of grandparents. Hattie's party was so much fun! I was a little nervous when guests started to show up and the guest of honor was still taking a nap ( we got all of schedule with the time change and spring break), but everyone just ate dinner first then by the time Hattie woke up she opened presents, ate cake, and played! And let me tell you, my little girl did not mess around when it came to eating her cupcake. Hattie picked the cupcake up and ate the entire thing! Hattie got way too many presents for a one year old : table and chairs, buggy, wagon, water table, 14 outfits, books, swimming pool, and lots of toys! We got lots of pictures despite me not having my camera and my back-up mom not having her camera charged. Between my friend Ruth Ann and Cathy we got plenty of pictures.

Just woke up now let's get started!

Hattie with her grandparents!

I made cupcakes ( yah they were from a box...oh well)

big kids playing with their balloons

looking good in her tutu

"Dad, I know what to do!"

burr the icecream is cold

she loved playing with the balloons the next morning

wow!

still playing with the balloons

going for a ride in the new buggy

she loved cuddling with her grandparents

messy girl

drying off hands

playing with papa

my mom ran another half-marathon!! awesome!
at the zoo

checking out the hipp0

Braedon insisted that Hattie get a pink snake at the zoo...good idea, she loved chewing on it

our trip to the zoo was a little exhausting. We picked the busiest day to go there and ended up spending a little more time in the car than we wanted. That traffic was awful. On the news it said places to avoid...the zoo ( too bad we didn't get that memo) We had fun though!

super cute

Hattie got busted crawling through the pet door at Kim's house : )