The Birthday Party

Natalie's birthday party went great and was a lot of fun! We are so lucky to have great friends and family who were able to celebrate with us. We even lucked out and had perfect weather (maybe even a bit too warm for the patio)!

Natalie took a great nap in the morning, woke up and had her cup of milk.



Grammy, Papa, Patty, Jake & Ryan arrived shortly after. Since Ryan has outgrown his slide, we brought it home a few weeks ago, but we haven't had a chance to use it much. It was so cute to see Natalie and Ryan playing together! We asked Ryan to sit at the top and hold onto Natalie. We anticipated that he would slide down with her, but when it came time to go, he just let go and let her go alone! She loved it! Down, down, down, down, and down she went! Eventually, she tried climbing UP the slide. Needless to say, she loved it!










We tried to get a few family photos, but none of the ones on my camera turned out too great. (If anyone got any good ones, please forward!)



When the party got going, there were kids everywhere!




Visiting.



Natalie didn't know what to think about the present process. She liked finding toys in the packages, but she didn't like when it was time to move onto the next.




Cake.


This was my favorite part. I knew she'd dig into her cake! She really got into it...





And it was everywhere!


She even cried when we took it away.

Overall, a very good day. Thank you to everyone who was able to come and spend the afternoon with us. I know Natalie had a great time, because she didn't make a peep when we put her down for bed.