Yesterday we celebrated Lily Grace's 1st Birthday party. We had so much fun with lots of family and friends. Thank you all that made it because it meant so much to us that you were able to celebrate this very special time in our lives with us. And we missed the others that weren't able to be there. It was a blessed day and Lily Grace truly enjoyed herself even though she was a little under the weather. She got so many nice gifts and we appreciate it all! Thank you everyone, we love you all!

Thank you Grandmommy for the fabulous birthday cake! It was delicious and so pretty!

Lily Grace's own little birthday cake, how cute!
The kid's table
The food table
The gift table
Thank you Grandmommy for everything!! We love you!!

Lily Grace didn't know what to think about all these people singing to her and standing around starring at her. It was really funny. She did NOT want to dig her hands into that cake. It was something she has never done before so she didn't understand it. And she usually loves birthday cake! She just kept looking at the icing wondering what is this on my hands?!
" Ummmm, I think I might like this!"
And this was as messy as she got, a little bit on her head and in her hair. After the party she has eaten a ton of the cake!! She has had really bad allergies and didn't feel especially good at the party. She hasn't had much of an appetite because of it so I think that had a lot to do with it. We may try it again on her actual birthday, this Thursday.

"Oooooo, I like this Birthday Doll from "Aunt" Crystal!"
"I love books!"

She sat in her wagon from Grandmommy and Pop the entire time we opened gifts and for about thirty minutes afterwards! She loves her wagon!! Thank you Grandmommy and Pop so much!
"It's my Birthday!"
Lily Grace loves Beau and thank you Beau and "Aunt" Kim for the beautiful outfits!
Madi liked to ride with Lily Grace too. My Daddy pulled them around for a little while, it was so funny. I think Brennon is trying to pull them here!
I got all the pictures from her invitation to put in this for everyone to sign. A great keepsake from her 1st Birthday Party.

Lily Grace got so many wonderful gifts from all her family and friends. Thank you all so much and we want to thank Granddaddy and Grandmama James for the colorful piano. She has banged and banged on it. She really loves it and also thank you for the yummy peanut butter and chocolate desserts! They were a big hit! We love y'all!

Another collage of all the pretty faces of Lily Grace.

Friday, Lily Grace got to finger paint at our house for the first time. It may be the last time for a while too! It was so messy!! It ended up all over my kitchen counters and even the dishwasher. Everything we both touched got purple paint on it. It was lots of fun though.

Then she really got to liking it, she even tried to eat it!

Her beautiful painting. Hey, one day this may be famous!

I was wanting to do her hand prints on the tablecloth for her birthday party. The prints didn't turn out too good but they were still very cute. Each year we will add another hand print and see how they have grown.

I am sorry I am just now getting this posted. Tuesday we went for our visit to Children's. It was not what we expected at all but a great relief. They did not run any tests on Lily Grace. They talked to us about seizures, how to handle them, we watched videos about them, and did give us a prescription in case she had another so that we could stop it. They did confirm the first seizure was caused by a fever. The others they could not say what they were. The doctors did not believe they were seizures though because she was limp during them. They want me to video tape her if she has another one like those and come back for tests. They weighed her and she was 23 lbs 3 oz. and 30 inches long. Please pray she never has another seizure or another one of those dazing out spells. Both were very scary for us and I hate for her to go through something like that again. Thank you all for keeping us in your prayers and calling to check on her. We love you all so much!

Lily Grace loves "Pinky" her flamingo that she picked out of all the stuffed animals at the zoo store!! I want the camera!!
My sweet little girl
Mommy loves Lily Grace more than the whole wide world!!
After the appointment we went out to eat with Grandmommy for a very nice lunch at J. Alexanders. It was so yummy!! Thank you Grandmommy for go with us to the doctor with us and spending the night and spending the day with us! We love you so much!

This past Monday, I took my Mom's Day Out program to the Montgomery Zoo for a little field trip. We were so excited to have Daddy join us for Lily Grace's first trip to the zoo! I had a feeling Lily Grace was going to like the zoo but I had no idea how much she would LOVE it!!! She pointed at all the animals and said "ook, ook" all day long. She usually doesn't sit very long in her stroller, no longer than 15 minutes, except for this day. She sat in her stroller from 10 until 2!!! And I think she would have stayed a few more hours but Mommy and Daddy were tired! We had a wonderful time and the best part was watching Lily Grace's expressions when she saw a new animal. She didn't know what to think about it all! The weather was perfect because it had rained all day and the night before so it was cool and then the sun started shining about lunch time. It was an awesome day! All the parents took their own vehicles so we were able to do our own thing and spend some quality family time together. It was the nicest zoo either of us has ever been to and I would request anyone to take their families there! The museum was wonderful and there is even a train ride Lily Grace enjoyed but all you see are trees on it. It was a great trip and we can't wait to go back again this summer!

Daddy and Lily Grace
Mommy and Lily Grace, aren't our matching tees cute??
"Ook, ook Mama!"
This elephant was hilarious. He rolled all in the dirt and then jumped in the water, rolling around. He stayed under for a while and one of the kids yelled, "He's stuck, he's going to drown!!" He was really putting on a show for all the kids.
Lily Grace laid back and fed herself a bottle while we went through the museum. We were all amazed at how big some of those animals really are!

We were about to leave and Daddy had to go back and take a picture with Lily Grace in front of the elephants.

Last Sunday, Mother and I and some very sweet ladies gave Crystal a tea at the Berry Civic Center. It was very nice and Crystal got great gifts. Thank you to all the hostesses! You all helped so much and you are very much appreciated!

All the bridesmaids were able to make it to the tea!