Abigail's First Birthday

Abigail had a wonderful First Birthday! We celebrated Saturday, April 14th with family and two little friends and their parents. Abigail wanted to invite the two little girls that she was baptized with, Emmaline and Caroline. It had been a long time since we had a play date with all three girls, so we told her, "Of course, they can come!" I must say, she was a very good sport, but unfortunately, the birthday girl was not 100%. . . she had a fever two days before her party and had developed a pretty nasty rash on her bottom that was clearly different from diaper rash. We took her to the doctor Sunday after her birthday and she was diagnosed with impetigo, and started on antibiotics. We are still seeing spots! I must say, nearly a full week later, her skin is finally starting to clear up.

                  Here is the spread.

The very yummy cake, designed (not made by) mommy - white cake with buttercream icing, with a layer of strawberries inside - it was a big hit!

And here is Abigail's smash cake which went virtually untouched. Even when we put puffs in the icing and tried to get her to dig them out, she still was not into it! It didn't help that I accidentally popped her in the face with the string of her birthday hat. . . Ah well, cake is in the freezer for a rainy day! Abigail received two big gifts from Mommy and Daddy, who just could not resist. The first was her very own stuffed rocking horse, complete with "real horse sounds", which a few days later, she now tries to imitate! She is also able to ride the horse all by herself now, which will be talked about later in the post "Abigail Grows Up in One Day"

Here are some pictures from the birthday weekend!