Aislinn's 1st Party!

My second favorite moment today. The Zoo loves to lay under here, pretending it's a tent!

Aislinn's birthday cake, all hers!

Pretty girl!

My favorite moment! Her first steps!

She's so proud of herself!

Inspired Maddie with Aislinn's birthday present from her siblings. A stroller walker!

Aunt Lizzy and Uncle Johnny, so beautiful!

The two cakes, and no hers is not strawberry, it's vanilla with red food coloring ;-)

Getting ready to sing!

The cutest family!

Hmmm not bad mommy ;-)

Let's eat cake!

Yeah baby!

All in agreement!

Even treats for the doggies! Thank you Aunt Lizzy!

See what I mean, she just can't take a bad picture!

Our first Princess!

So nice to have my family nearby! Thanks for coming ALL you guys!

What a hit! My brother Johnny,my SIL Lizzy and their two dogs made it up after a 2 1/2 hour drive! And Mike's brother John, my SIL Amy, and their daughter Maddie came an hour away in Peoria! It made for a very very special event!

Especially since Aislinn decided to take her first steps for them all today! Yep that's right, she's walking up to 5 steps at a time and just totally impressing herself as well as all of us! She is so adorable!

I made her dairy, egg, nut, and now strawberry free cake and then made a double layer strawberry cake for the rest of us. It was so fun to bake in the kitchen and I especially loved using my icing spatula that hasn't gotten any work in quite some time. We also spoiled us all with lunch from Joe's Real BBQ. I have eaten so much food between last nights Potluck with my girls and Joe's today. I'm sure I have gained 5 lbs, which by the way I haven't lost anything again this week, but holding steady I hope after today ;-)

Oh how nice it was to spend time with our families today! They doggies played so well together, including Sully, and they all three should get a very good nights rest, if not a weeks rest. We got to play outside a lot today too. The weather was perfectly overcast and just a tad cool. Fall is coming!! YAY!