Happy Birthday!

As hard as it is to believe, Adelynn is 1! I'm not really sure where the last year went, but it has been wonderful and amazing. We are so blessed to have this beautiful little girl in our lives. I wanted to stay home and spend the day with her, but I've missed so much work due to illness and all her specialist appointments and tests that I really couldn't take the day off. So, we gave her her present this morning and went out for dinner tonight. She got lots of extra love and attention at daycare, too!


Our gift for her...the Pottery Barn Anywhere chair with her name on it.

Way too early in the morning for either of us

Checking it out...

I think she likes it!

I'm not quite sure what this face was about, but it sure is funny

Making her TV debut. The Chicago news station airs pictures of local babies on their 1st birthdays...here is Adelynn's picture on TV!!

Getting ready to go to dinner at Noodles for one of her favorite meals - mac and cheese!


Eating her birthday ice cream - notice the crazed look she gets in her eyes when ice cream is near!

What a difference a year makes!

October 14, 2008

October 14, 2009

Happy Birthday sweet Adelynn!

Adelynn's Birthday Party

Ok, I know I'm way late posting these pictures, but it has been a crazy and somewhat unhappy week. So hopefully these pictures will bring a smile to your face! Anyways, I started planning Adelynn's birthday party when she was about 6 months old...partly because I am an obsessive planner and partly because I wanted to get things done over the summer so I didn't have a mad rush to finishe things up once school started. The party went really well, except for the crappy weather that didn't cooperate at all! Other than that, we were really happy that most of our families traveled from out of town (Rockford and Minnesota!!) to celebrate with us. We have fabulous families and we are so lucky for that! Here are some highlights from the day...

Her balloon bouquet from Nana and Papa Kriegler

The signs I made for the wall and her high chair...

The pumpkins I painted and glittered

The tables were supposed to be outside in our backyard, but thatnks to Mother Nature...plan B...

The cake that I made

In her pretty dress from Nana and Papa Carpenter

Cake time!

Her cousin Ava, who came all the way from Minnesota!

The cupcake decorating table with Camden, Gavin and Nolan

Opening presents

Chilling out after the party with Camden in their Halloween jammies...

There are lots more pics to come. I will try to post more tomorrow, along with pictures from her actual birthday and her present from Tim and I!