One Year Old!

Wow, the time has really flown by. I can't believe my baby is 1!! (Almost 13 months to be exact). She has grown into herself so much this year and it has been truly amazing to watch. She's full of personality, smarts and beauty. She can win over any crowd of people with her huge smile, has a funny sense of humor and gives the BEST hugs and kisses.

To celebrate this big day we took our baby to the Boise Zoo. It was such a gorgeous spring day. The animals were awake and active, sun was shining and the Ky Bird was excited as ever checking out all the exhibits.

We started things off with a trip to the kids park, where her and Dan went down the slide a few times. Going down slides is one of Kylie's favorite park activities, and this was one extra long which made her really excited.
Look how tall she's getting!!!!!

Next stop was the tiger den. She was in awe at how large they were, and liked watching them sleep.

Here she is checking out the bobcat. She stayed at this exhibit for a long time, watching the cat moving so fast and gracefully around his "home".

The penguins were hands down her (our) favorite. They were being extra playful that day, and kept swimming around the people and up on the glass. The last time we took her to the zoo she was 7 months old and didn't really seem to care about the animals - more just checking out the people and scenery. This trip was so different. She was walking/running around the zoo, observing the different animals and really taking it all in. Amazing.

After the zoo we were starvin marvin's. So we cruised over to the local drive in and treated ourselves to some oh so yummy (but oh so bad for you) grub. Kylie had a few french fries and her cucumbers, grapes and tomatoes. And check it out - we switched her car seat to forward facing!! I cannot tell you how fun it is to check the rear view and see her pretty face looking out the front window.

On Saturday the 22nd, we had a little birthday bash for her. Although she won't remember it, I felt it was necessary because who doesn't love a party? And she will probably enjoy looking back at these pictures and seeing who was a big part of her life at this age.

Looking pretty in her birthday dress with Grandma B.

Eating a little snack before presents and cake.

Grandma and Uncle Paul.

Kylie loves these guys - Brian and Amber.

Me and one of my besties, Andrea. (This is not the best picture of us...just saying)

PRESENTS!! Yes, she was more interested in the bows than the gifts. But almost a month after she is still really loving ALL the new toys and looking SUPER adorable in the new outfits. THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE!

CAKE!! Time for cake. This was my second attempt at making a cake for her after the first one crumbled to pieces. Jan made the yummy frosting and I stuck those little sugar shapes on. Not bad for my first ever homemade cake.

After singing Happy Birthday, she was more interested in the decorations. And she did not want to get her hands dirty. We finally had to stick her hands in to show her how to do it, which made her look at us in complete disgust. So we put her finger in her mouth to see if she would like the taste. Nope, she just kind of looked at us as if to say, "What is this weird tasting stuff?"

So while Kylie doesn't like cake (yet) and we didn't get a good pic of her with cake all over her face, I can say that I am very proud that my little girl has good table manners and likes eating healthy foods.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYLIE!