Happy Birthday Anna!

Our sweet Anna Banana is 1!! I just can't believe that one year has passed since she was born (which I remember like yesterday.) We just had to have a little monkey and banana themed party for her since we have called her Anna Banana since day 1! Although I was going to plan a big shin-dig for her, I decided to just have a small family celebration and Grandma and Grandpa Big John drove here to join in the fun. It turned out to be a great choice to have a small celebration as we were also threatened with Hurricane Irene. It rained the entire day so we weren't able to visit the pool or splash pad as we had hoped:( Despite the crummy weather Anna had a great day playing with Grandma and Grandpa Big John, eating her favorite foods for every meal (pancakes for breakfast, chicken nuggets for lunch, and watermelon with dinner), playing with her new toys and of course diving into the cake! I will let the pictures tell the story.

It must also be said that Emma thoroughly enjoyed Anna's birthday, too. She loved the balloons, waited all day to sing her Happy Birthday, blow out the candle, and, of course open her presents. Most of all she loved playing with all of her new toys!

At one year Anna is still furniture walking and a crawling maniac. She loves all types of water and has recently discovered that there is water in the toilet bowl - yuck. She loves to follow Emma everywhere including the bathroom and I often hear Emma screaming "Mommy she is trying to put her hand in the potty!" She also likes to flush the toilet. She has also discovered that the kitchen cupboards are full of all sorts of goodies - especially the one with all of the cleaning supplies. With a year of such ups and downs for us it really is good to see her developmentally on track and being so mischevious all the time, like a one year old should be!!! We love her so much and say a little prayer every day that she continues to stay seizure free and reach all of her milestones. Happy 1st Birthday sweet Anna!

Birthday balloons

Had to have the invitation for the scrapbook


Birthday smiles

Birthday lunch

Monkey cake made my mommy:) It took all afternoon but it turned out super cute!

Lucky girl to have all those presents!

Rare family pic

Grammy and Grandpa Big John with the girls

Come on Anna give us a smile!

Beautiful sisters

Let there be cake!

Anna surrounded by her gifts

Wow! What is this?

Look at me mom with all of these new toys!!

Emma loving the toys too!

Emma enjoying the gift Grandma and Grandpa brought for her - headphones for her DVD player! Mom and dad like this gift too:)

Happy Birthday song. I apologize in advance that you have to mostly hear my horrible singing voice. Since I was the one behind the camera, I am also the one that you really get to hear.