Look Who's Turning One!

We celebrated our sweet Aidan's first birthday today with family and friends.  Mommy created a really cute owl themed party.

 Aidan had her own personal owl cake to dive into head first!

 There were cupcakes for the rest of the guests.  Mommy really did a great job on the cake and cupcakes.  They were cute and absolutely scrumptious!

 We had a real feast for lunch!

 Mommy created this cute owl center piece for the table and Aidan had a much needed "Look whoo's turning 1" bib to use when she dived into her cake.

Aidan awoke from her morning nap to find her house full of folks who had come to celebrate her birthday.  She quickly got into the spirit of things and enjoyed her audience.

Daddy helped a little with blowing out the candle on her cake.

Aidan was so dainty when she started eating her cake but once she tasted it she really dug in (with that LEFT hand!)  I think she has a real love for sweets and chocolate!

She enjoyed her cake so much that she wasn't too happy when daddy took it away.  At least she still had some on her fingers and tray so she could console herself.

You can tell by this face that Aidan really enjoyed her cake!

Aidan got lots of nice gifts for her birthday including a bottle of bubbles.

  She loved trying to catch the bubbles as Aunt KK blew them for her.

When all her guest had left we had one tired little lady but I think we can safely say she thoroughly enjoyed her first birthday party!

Our Country Girl!

I think we are definitely going to have one country girl among our grandchildren.  Aidan just loves the outdoors, animals and getting dirty.

 She is perfectly happy snuggling on the patio with dirty, nasty smelling  Rowdy.  He likes it just as much as she does!  Maybe it's because after playing on the patio and falling in the puddles she is as dirty and smelly as he is!

 She can walk barefoot on anything...grass, dirt and even the gravel in front of Aunt KK and Uncle Ronnie's store!

 And I might have a helper in the garden before too long.  She likes to pull grass, weeds and, unfortunately, the blooms off my flowers!

Faces

We added a new face to our family on March 6, 2013.  Zoe Kathryn Wang finally arrived after teasing us for a little over a week.  She had a forced eviction. ( Mommy had to be induced.)  She was welcomed into the world by two loving parents and Mimi!  I actually got to be present for her birth.  She was a beautiful baby from the beginning but has gotten prettier each day.  Here is a picture of her lovely face at about 1 week.

We had a wonderful time in Michigan visiting with Zoe and her parents but were happy to be home where it was nice and warm.  We were also happy to see the smiling faces of our two hometown grandchildren.  Aidan learned to walk while I was gone and also learned to make a new face!  Here it is...food, runny nose and all!

Here are a couple more of Aidan's "nosey" faces.  I can't even go to the bathroom without her checking out what I am doing.  In these pictures, Granddaddy is holding her just outside the bathroom door.  She hears me brushing my teeth and has to look around the door to see what I am doing.  At first she just peeked around the door 

then she grabbed the door jam and just about pulled herself out of Billy's arms so she could check things out a little better.  We are thinking of changing her name to "Kat" because she reminds us of Granny "Kat"Johnston so much! She is such a nosey child!