Rachel turns 1!

Rachel had her 1st birthday yesterday and boy was it a busy day. Be prepared for an onslaught of pictures. I have documented the entire day.

Rachel thought is was necessary to step on every present before she opened them. She needed to make sure they were weight tested before she decided if she wanted them.

Getting started.

Yay, shorts!

She got a Cabbage Patch Kid and wanted to give it lots of kisses. She still gives open-mouthed kisses. She absolutely loves her new baby!

You can see the slobber marks all over the CPK's face to prove it.

We headed off to Sea World for the day. It was Rachel's first trip there and she had a great time.

She loved the funny mirrors. She kept trying to kiss herself and who know how many other kids have also licked these mirrors. Yummy!

One of the penguins jumped out of the water. She was startled for just a second but thought it was so cool after.

Checking out the beluga whale and waving bye-bye to him.

She had a turkey sandwich for lunch and loved it.

Rachel was really interested in seeing the fish in the aquarium. Maybe she needs one for her room and daddy can clean the aquarium for her :)

By the time we went to watch Shamu, she was so tired but was so excited about it. She watched the entire show and stood on my lap and clapped most of the time.

Her papa on the other hand couldn't quite make it through the show.

As soon as we left the Shamu show, she was out cold for a bit.

After she woke up we headed to her Uncle Sam's work and did a birthday photo session that went something like this:

We went to Sammy's Woodfire Pizzeria and she had a cheese pizza for dinner.

All of the Hodgson family joined us for dinner...

...and dessert.

She really enjoyed her ice-cream sundae...

...but couldn't eat another bite!

After that we went back to Tim's parents house for their gifts to her.

Blowing out the candle.

Yay, I did it!

Opening gifts.

By the time we got done is was really late and she was sooooo tired, but still in good spirits.

Giving mama a hug at the end of the night.

She was such a good little girl. We all had such a wonderful day celebrating her first birthday with her. She is such a great little girl to be around and makes everybody so happy.