Gonna party like it's my birthday!

Avery sure knows how to party! And lucky for her, she had lots of friends and family ready to party with her. What a lucky little lady!

After Grandma Bricker and Aunt Meg got into town on her birthday last Thursday, we celebrated Avery's first birthday with pizza & cupcakes. Avery did not get any pizza, but she sure did have a cupcake. She loved the icing...

"I also love my Grammy!":

We waited until friday to open gifts and Avery was pretty excited about getting some new toys, since we had worn out most of her current ones. She especially loves her cookie monster, lampchop and her new mini-kitchen.

Cookie Monster:

The mini-kitchen:

Avery sported her cool new hat when she met Lampchop:

Cooking some eggs:

Friday evening Aunt Erin, Uncle Martin and Parker arrived. On Saturday morning, Parker and Avery played and played. Grandpa Bricker arrived on his motorcycle. He actually left his motorcycle trip with "the guys" for Avery's first birthday (for those of you that don't know him, this is a big deal!)

Parker was enthralled by the waddling ducks:

"Pass the salt please!":

Saturday afternoon we had some friends over for some fun and cake. Avery mostly got icing this time when she dug in to her cake, so I helped her out with a fork.

After she ate a good bit of her cake I started to take it away from her and she burst into tears:

Apparently she wanted more cake. When the cake returned she was very happy:

The rest of the day she mooched off of whoever had extra food on their plate. As soon as someone sat down with a plate of food, she was right beside them. I tell you, this kid can eat!

Avery was more then blessed by all of her friends and family that showered her with lots of love and attention. They also gave her more toys and clothes than a girl could imagine. Maybe by her second birthday she will have finally played with it all. :)

Avery in the middle of the action:

Mac showing Avery how to ride Mr. Lion:

Katherine showing Avery the teacup set she bought her:

Avery loves being outside, whether it's out back or at the neighborhood pool. We watched everyone playing KanJam, the new outdoor game that Meg found... and Meg and Jeff were the champions for the weekend!

It was a HOT weekend, so we made sure we got to the pool a couple times. Avery enjoyed her new floaty and playing with everyone.

Remember how I said Avery liked pancakes? Well BLUEBERRY pancakes were even more of a hit. Yum, yum, yum. When Parker got to close to Avery's plate, she moved all of her pancake to the other side of her plate - she's no fool!

SO proud of the mess she made!:

Thanks to all of those who made her special day (or, weekend!) so memorable!