One Year Old

Anna Scott turned one year old on May 10th!  Scott and I loved celebrating her first birthday and the one year anniversary of the best day of our lives.  

The night before Anna Scott was born, Scott and I had dinner at California Pizza Kitchen.  It was the Monday after Mother's day, and we thought it would be one more week before our baby girl arrived.  Little did we know, she had different plans.  Anna Scott was born the next day (Tuesday, May 10th at 5:23 pm).  The picture above with her "12 months" sign was taken at exactly 5:23 pm - a year to the minute from when she was born.  Isn't it amazing how much they change in just one year?!  

Scott and I went back to CPK for dinner the night before Anna Scott's first birthday, this time with an almost one year old.  This was Scott's idea.  He thought it would be fun to make this a family tradition for years to come.  When she turns 10, 16, 21, and hopefully 50 years old, she will have to have dinner at CPK the night before her big day!  

Scott spent the rest of the night putting together Anna Scott's Radio Flyer wagon.  This was a gift from my grandmother (Anna Scott's GG), but we wanted it to be the big gift she woke up to on her actual birthday.  Scott and I created the wagon on the Radio Flyer website.  We chose the body, the wheels, the canopy, and named our wagon, "The Laney Rover."

On the morning of her birthday, Anna Scott woke up to a blueberry pancake breakfast and "The Birthday Song."  We must have sang the song at least 100 times that day.  She loved it and would hum along with us.  

After the blueberry pancakes were no more, we took her one pink balloon and put it on our mailbox so that everyone could see it was a special day at 104 Raleigh!  (in more ways than one...  it was my last day of medical school as well.  i will graduate this Sunday!)

Anna Scott was so excited about her wagon!  She didn't know what to think.

She did know to check the tires before relying on this wagon to carry her through the Birmingham Zoo.  :)

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The tires must have checked out ok, and we made it to the zoo for some birthday fun!

Anna Scott loved the water fountain best of all.  So much for all of the animals! 

She did enjoy watching the elephants,

the monkeys,

and especially the swans and flamingos!

She also got to see the giraffes and zebras.

This friendly lion took the birthday girl for a spin!

We ended our day at the zoo with a little splash pad fun.

Do we look like we'd had a long day?!  :)

We went home to rest for just a few hours and then met Aunt Allison and Uncle Alan for a birthday dinner at Jacksons.  Anna Scott got an extra fun baby pool (with a slide!) and a birthday cupcake for dessert.  

  

We had the best day!  First birthdays are so much fun!

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May 10, 2011

May 10, 2012

One whole year of loving you!