Happy Birthday to You!

Wow, where has this year gone! I can't believe that our baby girl is now 1. She had such a fun Birthday and here is the run down of her special day:

Grandma and Grandpa Handl came in last night to celebrate her day.

Good morning to the Birthday girl:


We took a morning trip to the zoo

Outside the zoo entrance:




Watching the pigeons and ducks



Looking at the baby elephant:


A piggyback from Grandpa was much more fun than the stroller:


Waving bye-bye to the animals:


"Say cheese"


Big girls get to walk at the zoo:


Petting the goats:


It was such a hot day that we all got a bit overheated and *needed* to cool down with some ice cream!


Let's celebrate! Happy Birthday to the Birthday Girl!



She was thoroughly spoiled by all of her grandparents, aunts, uncles and mommy & daddy!










You can see her just vibrating with excitement in this video!


And of course, no first Birthday would be complete without the face smearing cake shots, so here they are.

I made our little monkey little monkey cupcakes for the big day--apple banana cupcakes with chocolate frosting. I don't know what I was thinking, but I didn't put them in the refrigerator and they 'wilted' in the hot Houston weather.

Despite the fact that the little monkeys sweated their eyeballs and noses off, Madeline seemed to love them!





She had quite a few laughs through the whole process: