Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Happy Birthday, Baby!

Because my cousin was getting married near Nashville on Avery's birthday, and Chris' family is mostly in Nashville, we spent the week there last week in a big extended Steiner/Miller extravaganza. It was so much fun for our families to be together (which I don't think has happened since our wedding), and Avery was so lucky to be surrounded by so many loved ones. Here are some pics from her birthday party, with BIG thanks to Aunt Liz for hosting.


Avery loved her party dress but wasn't crazy about the birthday hat.



The cutest cake ever. Avery also had a separate, smaller "smash cake" all to herself.



Yay for birthday cake!



"What am I supposed to do with this?"



"OK, now I get it. This is yummy!"




Eating cake...with grandparents



...with cousins



...with aunts... (notice she never stopped eating)




She had just as much fun with the packaging as she did the presents.




Opening presents




She so enjoyed eating her cake that she wanted to eat her presents also.




"Come on, Mommy, let's go!"




Ready to hit the pool in her fancy new bathing suit.

1 comment:

Gma S said...

That was so much fun. What are we ever going to do for an encore next year?!? Perhaps we will all have to plan an annual trip to Nashville. Who is going to be the one to break the news to Liz???