We have a 1 year old!

We had a fun birthday morning with Ashley opening presents.  In my opinion, she got way too much stuff 🙂  She is such a good girl that we (Kathryn) couldn’t help it.

We had a great party later that evening.  Mom and Dad made the drive from Idaho.  Mom made a fantastic dinosaur cake for Ashley.

Why a dinosaur cake?  Well, really the whole party was dinosaur themed.  So first, why a dinosaur theme?  Well, Ashley likes to make a rawring sound, so we’d ask her “What does a dinosaur say?”  “rawwwwr!”  Kathryn decorated the place in dinosaur fashion with dinosaur jokes on the mirror, dinosaur silhouettes hanging from the fan, dinosaur facts on the wall, and dinosaur themed snacks in the kitchen.

Now, back to the cake.  When I was 4, I had a great dinosaur cake myself.  Mom was able to borrow the very same cake pan from her friend and make one for Ashley.  She really did a fantastic job decorating it! 

Ashley had her own cake that Kathryn made and our friend in the ward decorated.

It really wasn’t much of a cake smash.  More of a dainty cake test.  Ashley is just too sweet and gentle to go smashing into a cake I guess.  I don’t think that’s a bad thing when we’re talking about babies in the house.

We had a fantastic turnout for Ashley’s party.  She is a very lucky girl to have so many people support her!  Thanks for all the generous gifts!

Kathryn and I made a slideshow of some of our favorite pictures and videos of Ashley first year.   We are so proud of her.

This is an after birthday update.  She has been really liking her sweet elephant ride.

I caught this picture on the crib cam 🙂  “Dad, I know you can see me!  Come get me!”