My first birthday was a couple of weeks ago, and I had SUCH a GREAT time! Mommy decorated the house with all kinds of "ducky" things... some of my favorites were the balloons and the duck foot prints (which I had a great time pulling up before everyone got here for the party!).
Mommy made me a duck cake (with a little help from Aunt Danielle!). Here are some pictures...
This was MY cake. Pretty cool that I got my own, huh?
I had fun checking out my cake. I have to say, I wasn't all that interested in eating it, but playing in the icing was fun - and I did take some time to share my cake with Mommy.
We also took some time to play. I even let my friend Ally play with the rocking horse my Papa Charlie made for me. Isn't it cool? I really like to pet my horsey...
Mommy, Daddy, and I had invited people to join us in donating to the Ronald McDonald House in honor of my second cousin, Keira. (I wrote a post about this a while back... just scroll down.) Well, guess what! We collected a total of $365.00!!! That's one dollar for each day of my first year. How cool is THAT?!?! There are going to be lots of families who will be blessed by this donation... just like I've been blessed with the best family and friends ever! :)
Since my birthday, we've been to Alabama to celebrate Nana Judy and Papa Rod's 40th anniversary. I even got to hang out with Cousin Ollie, Aunt Melissa, Uncle David, Aunt Karlene, and the whole Patterson Clan! What a great time we all had. Here are a few pictures from the weekend.
Ollie and I had a lot of fun together. We played under the kitchen table...
We "cooked" in the kitchen...
We even talked to our "peeps" on our cell phones...
We watched Calliou on Auntie Melissa's I-Phone...
Sometimes, I had to convince Ollie to play with me...
...oh well, if you don't want to play, I'll just tickle your toes...
And, of course, we had a photo shoot...
Doesn't Ollie look cute with "bunny ears"?!?!?!
(Look carefully, my fingers are behind his head...)
I even got to spend time with Auntie Melissa & Aunt Karlene!
We even talked to our "peeps" on our cell phones...
We watched Calliou on Auntie Melissa's I-Phone...
Sometimes, I had to convince Ollie to play with me...
...oh well, if you don't want to play, I'll just tickle your toes...
And, of course, we had a photo shoot...
Doesn't Ollie look cute with "bunny ears"?!?!?!
(Look carefully, my fingers are behind his head...)
I even got to spend time with Auntie Melissa & Aunt Karlene!
Mommy and Daddy have been showing me how to do all kinds of new things. I'm walking now (since July 14th!), saying lots of new words (Momma, Dada, Nana, Papa, Juice, and GG), and last night I learned how to head-butt a beach ball. Mommy and Daddy showed me how to do it. Man, that was funny. Check out this video....
I got lots of good laughs out of that little game. :) Thanks for checking in on the blog. Hopefully once Daddy goes back to work, hopefully I'll be able to keep up with my blogging a little more... We've just been so busy having fun this summer. I'm so glad that Daddy's a teacher! He has to work hard during the school year, but it sure is fun having him home for the summer! :)
Love to all,
Savannah Grace
Savannah Grace
