Addilyn's First Birthday!!

Addilyn turned one August 13th!! I cannot believe that it has been an entire year since this little princess joined our family. She surprises me everyday with the things that she does and the words that she is beginning to say. I guess it's because in my head she's still my little baby. She's growing up way too fast!



We decided to take Addilyn somewhere she could enjoy roaming free in a "safe" environment. So we went to the inside park at the mall where there were lots of soft toys to climb all over and even a cushioned floor to fall down onto. It was a very simple yet fun way to let Addilyn have some of her own little fun! The best part was that we got there shortly after the mall had opened so there was no one there!! I didn't have to worry about big kids running her over. She was able to explore that little world all on her own... and she LoVeD it!!


Daddy and Addilyn at the top of the slide!


Her favorite was to actually climb up the slide! And since there were no other children around to share the slide with, she was able to go up the slide as many times as she wanted to. You can tell by her expression in the picture below just how much fun she was having! She could climb from the bottom to the top all by herself!


After playing at the park for a little while, we went over to ride on some of the quarter rides.


I don't think she knew really what to think about it all. She sat pretty still without much movement as the rides rocked back and forth :)


My Mom wanted to take Rylan on the train around the mall for his birthday the weekend before, but she was out of town to California. So she met us at the mall and took both Addilyn and Rylan for the ride. Rylan has been chasing this train around the mall since he could walk- no joke! So he was pretty ecstatic to hop on board!


Rylan in front of the train!


I'm not sure what this picture was about, but I thought it was a cute one of Addilyn posing on her special day!


Later that night we had family over to celebrate. Addiyln didn't even bother trying to blow out her candles. She just kept looking at everyone, smiling! So Nana helped her out :)


Lucky duck got to have this little cake all to herself! It took her a little bit to dig in, but as you can tell below... she enjoyed herself!!


Although most of the pictures above don't show it, Addilyn was not feeling very well this day. She only made it half way through opening her presents before she started melting down. It was an early night for her, but it was a special day! Addilyn is such a ray of sunshine in our lives. She is the happiest baby and is forever smiling! I love this girl!!