Danielle's birthday

Danielle had a great birthday week between having Easter candy and presents to play with during the first half, opening family gifts in the middle (on Wednesday, her actual birthday), and then having a party this past Saturday that involved opening more presents and having "happy cake" as she likes to call it.

We celebrated her birthday with a cookout and Elmo-themed birthday decorations. I think her favorite part was having everyone sing to her--I've never seen her light up so much before! She also really enjoyed opening presents, a concept she has definitely caught on to with this birthday :) Thank you to all the family and friends who called, wrote, came to the cook out and/or sent presents!

Here are some pictures from her bday and from the cookout. The birthday outfit I made her didn't make it into any of the pictures (it was covered in cheet-o dust before I got the camera out on Saturday), but I had professional pictures taken a bit ago and will get those sent out soon. Unless the baby comes before I get to it. Then you're out of luck for a while...