Jillian enjoyed playing with some of her friends around
She opened a few gifts but for the most part she just sat on my lap with her pacifier b/c she was getting really tired. Here's her big girl dump truck from Aunt Karin and Uncle Donnie
And her princess camping chair from Grandma and Papa
Jillian cried her way through the cake and singing
Had a few bites of cake and went straight down for a nap!
Mommy made mini cupcakes for a little party at school. 7 children ate all 24 cupcakes so they must have been good! I was not able to go to the party b/c I had a meeting but her teachers were nice enough to take some pictures for me. Jillian waiting patiently for her cupcake.
Notice the bulletin board for Jillian as well.
Avery liked eating her hat instead of wearing it. Who needs a cupcake when you have a party hat to eat.
No cupcake for Gabe since he's too small but he sure does look cute in his party hat!
Finally! She apparently ate 2 cupcakes!
We also did a little cake for her at home with her 1st candle and we sang happy birthday. This was my practice run cake for the party and needless to say it did not turn out so we will go to plan B for the party. Jillian liked her candle and actually tried to grab it off the cake lit. It was in her way of getting to her cake. She was pretty fussy all night up until the point that we put the cake in front of her.
She immediately dug in!
I don't know what happened to my pictures but hopefully everyone else is able to see them b/c I cannot. Jillian also opened her present - we got her a storage shelf for all of her toys so we let her open the bins that go in the shelf. She has had a lot of practice with cake so she should be a pro by her party on Saturday.
Jillian had a Valentine's party at school on Friday and one of her "Valentine's were these heart sunglasses. I tried very hard to get a pictures of her with them on but it was very difficult - they all turned out cute though.
Someone brought cupcakes to their party and we took ours home. This was Jillian's first experience with cake but I figured we might as well practice for her birthday. She wasn't to sure about it at first...
Then she was just being plain silly!
And by the end of it, of course we had to have a bath and wash the high chair cover! She is definitely like her Daddy though - she had to drink a lot of milk with her cake. James can't eat any sweets without having a big glass of milk with it. I guess if all else fails and she continues to have difficulty drinking milk out of a cup, I'll just give her cake every day.
We hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day!
