Birthday Party

We celebrated Alison turning one by having friends and family join us at Gymboree Play and Music. Many guests came from near and far to help us have fun! I wish I would have taken pictures of all of the guests: Gran and Grandpa, Grandmom, Great-Grammie, Great-Grandma, Great Uncle Bill and Great Aunt Liz, Uncle Luke, Aunt Amber, Levi, and Milo, Aunt Corrine w/ Ky, Symphony and Xara, Greg and Lillie, Scott, Cara, and Ian, Leah and her friend, Pat, Sue, and maybe I shouldn't have tried to list b/c I probably forgot somebody but thank you all so much for helping to celebrate Alison's 1st birthday! And thanks to those who would have liked to been there and sent their love and happy wishes!--Pop Pop, Aunt Kelly, Uncle Joe, Dalton and Anna Marie, Great Grammy, Great Uncle Bill and Great Aunt Pam.

Our little one year old is so blessed and so loved! ;)

Hmm. Thinking about digging into the cake. Found a candy flower on the cake first and later testers of the flowers report that they were not that great.... But after the flower was out, Alison dug right into the icing. Mostly all icing went on the fingers and licked into the mouth. Hello, sugar!

Need a drink after all of that!

Birthday girl's friends enjoying cupcakes and juice....

Time to dig into the presents!

And then enjoy play time around the fascinating cone with cousin Milo.

Ian chilling with his parents Scott and Cara.

Row row row your boat.

All the new fun toys are exciting! :)

Park and a sunny day

I took Friday off of work to spend more time with Alison around her birthday and the day before her party. We enjoyed a nice sunny day out around the town. Alison went many places with me like Hy-Vee, the bank, WestLake, jewelry store, Wal-Mart, the park and then home for lunch. Alison checked out most of the playground.

Feeling the mulch but making sure not to eat it....

Drive the boat.

Another tunnel...

And some swing time was fun.

A stop in the gazebo....

Alison turns 1!

Our baby girl is 1!
She weighed in at 19 lbs. 1.6 ounces (19%)
Height: 29" (47%)
Head: 18" (69%)

Easter celebration--Kleinhagen's

We attended 9:00 Easter Mass and then went to Grandmom and PopPops to continue celebrating.


Snoopy and Woodstock wearing bunny ears. The ears flapped to the jingle that played....

Pretty girl.

After breakfast and a change of clothes, it was time to find surprises in the Easter basket.

"Look Daddy, it's a big bouncy ball!"

Outside for an egg hunt.

We test out the eggs before coloring them.

Yep, they are all good.

Easter celebration--Dickson's

We celebrated Easter a day early with Gran, Grandpa, Grammie, Uncle Luke, Auntie Amber, and cousins Levi and Milo. Alison studied everything before exploring....


Looking up after beginning to find fun things in her bunny basket.

A toy in each hand is the way to go.

I think someone might have been ringing a bell if I remember right.... Anyway, they are all looking around at something. :)

Milo might be concerned that Alison is getting ready to accidently remove the head of his bunny on a bicycle that she is currently testing out with her mouth.

Seeing what is in other's baskets is always fun too.

On the move.

"What's in your eggs, Alison?"

"Mmm. It's a treat, Milo."

"You can have one of my eggs and I'll have one of your eggs."

"I found one and maybe there's one on the floor somewhere...."

We enjoyed celebrating Easter, coloring eggs, finding eggs, eating a nice meal together, and relaxing too. Watching all the kids have fun is fun too!