Esme's First Birthday Party

Esme had her first birthday party this weekend. She's such a big girl!!! Grandma and Grandpa came from North Dakota for the weekend to help celebrate.Grandma helped decorate Esme's cake.Esme helped make frosting for one of the other cakes.


The day started out kind of rainy.

But it ended up being a nice afternoon and Esme was able to enjoy her cake on the deck.


I was surprised that she didn't make a bigger mess. She really didn't eat much of the cake at all. She mostly just squished the frosting between her fingers. She didn't even get any frosting in her hair! She still needed a little clean up though. The laundry sink seemed to work nicely.


She got lots of fun presents.


Jodie and Steve came with Annika and Laurel.


Eric came over.


Mike, Karen and Sam came for Esme's party and saw our house for the first time as well!


She ended up having a great day and being in a wonderful mood all day despite not taking a nap at all. She woke up at about 7 am and didn't go to bed until 8:30pm. But she was a happy girl!