Aviendha's 1st Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AVIENDHA!!! We can't believe that you are already 1 year old. It's been a great year spent with you, our precious baby girl, whose smile never fails to light up the room! We love you!


Gettin' ready for a birthday breakfast


Avi can use a spoon, but still lets mom feed her.


Checkin' out her birthday card from Gramma Maggie.


Mat loves to help Avi open her presents


An adorable hat and mittens from Gramma Maggie for the cold weather.


A cute jacket to go with them.


A super-cute hippie outfit-she'll be wearing this today.


and her 1st baby doll from gramma Maggie- it smell like vanilla.


We went to out to eat for lunch, and then we went to the zoo in Eureka.


Avi wasn't very excited about this horse...


Avi likes the tractor with her brother a little better . Mat is giving his fake smile.


Another tractor shot.


Another horse shot.


I later saw the sign "Please keep hands away from the llama's face"


Avi was fascinated by the monkeys.


Avi wondering "what the heck is the point of this?"


We got home and opened more presents.


This is the toy Mat picked out for Avi.


One from Mom.


Dad got Avi an early present, a pair of made-in-California hemp pants that are really comfy and adorable. (not pictured)


After dinner we sung "Happy Birthday" to Avi


The cake: vanilla cake with home-made raspberry fluff frosting.


"Mmmm... this is my favorite part of the whole day!"


Milk to go with it.


Gettin' messy. Not quite as messy as Mat on his first birthday though.



After she inhaled the first piece we let her have seconds... you only turn 1 once.