What a MONKEY

Leyna is such a monkey! She climbs on anything and everything.

Yes, she climbed on top of this table all by herself.

Oh, you are so much fun monkey girl, and you have such determination. I love watching the things you do everyday.

Leyna's Birthday DAY

After a late night of fun and partying we just relaxed and had a fun day on Leyna's Birthday Day. She got to play with all her new toys when she woke up and then we took her to Build A Bear Workshop. Then she got to stuff her face with cake. It was a fun day!

The first thing she went for as soon as she woke up was the balloons. That morning we pulled out all her party gifts. Here she is with the dress Brooke made over her pj's and the hat Alaura made for her.

Time for Build-A-Bear

Deciding which one she wants

She picked the boring brown one. I kept holding up the pretty pink bear and she pushed it away and just wanted the brown one. She got what she wanted. (it was cheaper anyways)

Wondering the store

Filling the bear. She actually got to step on the pedal to make the machine go. She thought it was pretty neat.

Giving the heart a kiss

Picking out an outfit.

Finished! Here's "Sissy Bear"

Here's Leyna helping Daddy put together her BIG Birthday present

She loves being a little helper

She couldn't wait to play on her castle slide.

Her baby from Mommy and Daddy. She loves babies!

Singing "Happy Birthday" once more...and she still wouldn't blow the candle out

But she had NO problem digging into the cake

Sharing with cousin Isaiah

That's what happens when you let a 1 year old feed you

Nice and Messy, dirty and full!! Yummy!

Everyone stuffing their face with Leyna

Too cute!

Time to get clean

There's that adorable face

Happy Birthday Beautiful! Hope you had a great day!

Birthday photo session

We let Leyna stuff her face with more cake so we could get some cute pics at my sister Brooke's photo studio. She did such an awesome job! Thank you Brooke! These are just two of the layouts she's done, and I can't wait to see the rest! I'm so excited about these pics because they are just too cute! I hope you can see them ok...

Isn't she just the cutest thing you've ever seen?!?!

Leyna's Birthday Party

So before I ever got pregnant or had a kid, I swore I wouldn't go all out for my baby's first birthday. I thought it was crazy to spend a lot and do all that work when they don't even remember....Man did I eat my words!!! I just want to do anything and everything for my little baby girl. For her first birthday we had a birthday party on Thursday May 21 at Chuck E. Cheese's. We invited our family and some friends who have little ones as well. I was a little stressed out before, but it turned out very well. I was very pleased and I think Leyna really enjoyed herself. Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate this wonderful day with us!

Getting ready for the party. She loved the balloons!

Carolyn with little Haley and Krista with Warren

Kayde and Rhyen with Leyna and Mommy

Most of the guests. Some people came late

Posing for a family pic while Leyna stuffs her face with pizza

Leyna loved the pizza. She finished a whole slice to her self and then grabbed more off of grandma's plate.

Picture with Chuckie and she is still eating that pizza

Leyna and her cousin

With her birthday cake. She grabbed at it the second I sat her down.

"Happy Birthday to you"

Leyna wouldn't blow out the candle so mommy had to blow it out for her. We had been practicing too... She looks like she is blowing though...

Birthday Girl!

Mommy smashed cake in my face, but it was yummy.

Time for presents

Alaura made matching hats for her and Leyna

Her new favorite toy from MaMa and BaBa (grandma and grandpa Alvey). She loves this toy! Thank you!

More presents!

Leyna got so many cool toys and adorable clothes! Thanks everyone, she loves everything!

A pic with Brooke, Alaura, Sydney and Eric

Loving that cake (Costco cakes are the best!)

She wanted to share with everyone and feed it to them.

What a sweetie

I hope she still wants to share like this when she gets older. =)

On the rides. She loved the rides. This one was by far her favorite. When I would try and get her off she would nod her head no. I would let her go again and try and get her off, but she still wanted to stay on it.

Her second favorite. When we took her off the swing she would get upset until she got on the carousel.

She loves anything with a steering wheel. She thinks it's the coolest.

SUPER STAR

It was such a late night. Leyna missed her second nap so she was getting really tired at the end of the party. I thought when we got home she would be ready to crash, but instead she decided she wanted to run all around the parking lot with her balloons. She was so wired from all the sugar she had. It was so funny watching her. She had soooo much energy!

Don't you love that staticy hair!

Time for bed my Beautiful Angel! When you wake up in the morning you will be a BIG ONE YEAR OLD!

I still can't believe exactly a year ago I was in labor and waiting to for Leyna to come. The whole night I was thinking about what I was doing last year at that time. It's crazy that a year has already come and gone, but I guess time flies when you are having fun, and every second with Leyna is so much fun!