Happy Birthday Sweet Payton!

Ok well I tried to make the pictures be in order, but I don't have the patience for that today...so here is a collection of pics from our special day. When Payton woke up on Saturday, I was in awe of the fact that she was growing up so fast and just couldn't believe that it had been a whole year since the day she was born. We have had such a wonderful year with our sweet angel and can't wait to see what we have ahead of us. She has such a sweet and kind spirit already and loves to be around other babies. She surprises us daily with the things that she is doing and we love her so so much. I hope that you enjoy these pics and much as we enjoyed taking them.


Here she is on her pile of presents before we started opening them...note the shovel in her hand which was her favorite thing and wasn't even a present, it was decoration....she wouldn't let it go! Here is her first baby doll...she loves kissing it and the last few days she has really enjoyed taking it in and out of the stroller that goes with it.
She got a stool from her Great Aunt and Uncle in LR- she really likes that she can take the pieces out...we will see how long it is until we loose one!
Payton and Daddy on her new mat from Uncle Nate...the day after the party. We are still trying to arrange the room with all her new toys!

Ok...like I said, photos out of order...but here is her delight digging into her cake! Sugar finally!!
Payton was so lucky that so many of her friends came to her party! We had so much fun!
Porbeck Family with Aunt Frannie and Uncle Jeff who came from Dallas to see the big event.
Webb Family...who came from LR....especially Mark who went up and back in one day!
Payton with Grand Jenny who is my mom's sister who also came from Dallas to be at the Party.

Some of the Party guests playing in the dining room which has been given a face lift to a playroom!
Jessie and Ava who live down the street from us....one of Payton's friends!
Is she too cool for school or what! She put on these glasses and just smiled! I think we have a future star on our hands!
Now it is cake time! I think we liked it a little too much! She kept licking her hands and scooping off the icing and shoveling it into her mouth...she has a sweet tooth like her mom!


We made her a pancake in the shape of a 1 for breakfast. I think we are going to make that a tradition every year on her birthday. She had never had a pancake before and needless to say she chowed right down...if you haven't realized it yet, this girl loves to eat!

Some of the decorations with the beach cupcakes and sand buckets....
We made her a flip flop cake to eat, strawberry cake with strawberry icing....yummy! Brian's mom helped make the cookies and they were so good!