Alayna's First Birthday

The night before Alayna's birthday party she was running a fever. She kept waking up about every 5 minutes crying. Since none of us got any sleep and she was running a fever we decided to call all the guests to let them know the morning of her party. We gave them the choice if they wanted to come even though she was running a fever. We still had my family come over and one of her guest still decided to come. Alayna did pretty good for not getting much sleep. Her schedule was off but we managed to have a good party still. Her brother was asking all day when it was time to open the presents! You could tell what he was anxious to do! We had marble cake with a fudge filling and whipped icing and it was really good! After enjoying cake and ice-cream it was time to open presents. Carson helped open the presents for Alayna (more like he opened them all and didn't give Alayna a chance to try). Alayna was happy with her presents and wanted to play with each of them as they were opened.  What surprised us was how she responded to the Minnie Mouse chair.  She loves her brothers chair and always wanted to get on it. So we told my parents that she would love her own chair, especially with Minnie Mouse on it. Well when we brought out the chair she didn't react to it like she does when she gets on her brothers chair! As of now she still loves going to her brothers chair more than her new chair! Here are some pictures from her birthday.

Door sign I made.

Alayna with her Lita (grandma) and Lita Lita (great grandma).

Playing with her Lita Lita. 

She mostly played with the cake than ate it.

Playing with her new Minnie and her cousin.

Carson finally getting to play with the presents.

Reading her book that her Aunt Shannon gave her with her Aunt Cristi.