My precious baby girl Madison turned ONE on the 11th of May. I threw her a birthday bash the weekend before. We had balloons, a cake, party favors, gifts, and lots of wonderful family to celebrate with.
Blair and I got Madison an Alphabet train by VTECH. She has sure enjoyed the blocks to play with. You insert them into the train and they spit out the back into the caboose. It's pretty cute and she likes the sounds and colors of it.
I love this picture of Madison. She just seems so sweet and cute in this picture.
As always Madison had so many helpers opening presents for her and helping her play with her new toys. These are just a few random pictures of opening gifts. She got some new clothes, toys, dolls, a bracelet, and a book.
I really wanted a picture of Madison with Blair and I. It just seems like I never have enough pictures with both Blair and I with the kids.
Theres this wonderful website called cafepress that you can order pretty much anything off of. So for all my kids 1st birthday I like to get them some cute shirt or onesie to wear for their party. This is the one I found that I ordered for Madison.
I loved Madison's cake. It was pink and girly and it really showed that it was her 1st birthday. It was so hard to find a decent cake. Most cake places just have character cakes or winnie the pooh for little kids. So I was excited when I ran across this one.
Here is Madison about to dive into her cake. I would like to say that this is her first taste of sugar but I really let my guard down with this kid. I usually try to be really good and not let my kids have any sweets before the age of one but when we were in Hawaii and she's begging to have a lick of my ice cream I couldn't resist such a cute open mouth and wide eyes. Plus with a Grandmother who's a pepsi-holic she's bound to get a drop or two!
Madison has always had these big blue eyes. I just love em!
Looking pretty messy!
Well she devoured her cake and loved every bit of it. Now it's time to get cleaned up but who wants to pick up that! Oh ok I will!
Even though this little girl was a bit of a surprise I am so glad she decided to come when she did. I absolutely adore this little girl and she just melts my heart. Statton and Cassidy just love her and I'm so glad they are all close enough in age to really enjoy playing together. Madison just gets a kick out of her siblings.
Madison Doings:
-blows raspberrys
-Pulls herself up with things
-Gives open mouth kisses (mostly slobers on you)
-Loves to try and mimick things
-Loves her ducky
-Daddy calls her "super-pooper"
-Smiles so big
-Cheeser for the camera
-Loves to take baths
They had these molded hand and foot prints of an actual gorilla and so I had everyone place their hands on the mold. We couldn't get Madison to cooperate so it's just Blair and the twins.
This is Statton's hand measured up to a gorilla. Looks like he's got some growing to do.
This is Cassidy's handprint. We hope she doesn't grow into that.
So as part of being the Safari Park they load you onto a train type bus and drive you around to see these animals in their "natural" (man-made) habitat. It was kind of fun. I've been to the Disneyworld Animal Park and it's so much better but this was still fun too.
Just a stop on the way looking at some of the different animals. It was a beautiful day. Supposedly mid 70's with a little bit of wind which helped keep it cool.
We stopped for a needed break and the Discovery Station. They have tables and chairs set up for the kids to color bugs, put puzzles together, and all sorts of stuff. They even brought out a rat for all the kids to look at and the the zoo lady told the kids all about them.
Blair and Madison getting some quality time. Madison is getting a much appreciated bottle. She is such a trooper. She took a nap that morning while we drove to the park but didn't nap at all that day while we were there. I think she whined the least out of all the kids.
I wish I could remember exactly what this thing was but it looks like some sort of giant lizard, iguana type animal. The twins thought it was funny to look at but only Cassidy was willing to stand next to the glass and take a picture. Statton wouldn't get to close before laughing and running away. We had an interesting day at the Safari Park. Glad to be close by to enjoy some of these fun attractions.
