Layla's party

So, it has now been a week and a half since we had Layla's birthday party! But oh well, at least I'm getting to it...finally:)

As you see in the previous post, our amazingly sweet lovely Layla turned one last week! We had a party for her at my parents' house. It was really fun, although I guess it turns out that Layla hates cake! (see following pictures)

So...thanks mom and dad for hosting, and everyone else for coming! We (and Layla) appreciate all of you very much!

Halle was our little helper that day. She learned how to wash lettuce:)

and she helped Nathan decorate the cake!

Layla's cake (the one that she was supposed to dig into and eat...)

and the other cake. we are running out of girly ideas! this rainbow cake was pretty easy to make, so we gave it a try:)

Layla is wondering what in the world is going on...

and she grabs the cake! i thought she would like it, but i guess she didn't like having the frosting all over her hands:) this is what ticked her off, i think.

and she doesn't like it...

poor Layla:)

not a happy camper!

I think she was saying "get me out of here!" So we did:)

She really enjoyed her gifts, though!

And so did Halle:) Poor Layla, she has it rough being the youngest child sometimes!

chewing on the fish that Kaine got for her

Uncle Kyle is trying to teach her to walk...which by the way, she is getting so close! Hopefully we will have a blog post in the very near future of her first steps!!

What a sweet girl:) We love her so much!

Also...so awesome!! We did not think Aaron and Jill would be able to make it in time for Layla's party, which was so sad:( But they ended up getting their paperwork and drove all the way home from Florida, getting back home about an hour or two before the party! We were so glad they could come, and it was so so so neat because it was the first time any of us have ever met Ivy! She is such a sweet baby...we love her so much already:) I'm sure she will be showing up in many future blog posts:) So here is the first "cousin picture"!