Audrey's first birthday!

This past Friday, Audrey turned 1 year old, so natch, we had a humongous party on Saturday. Here are a few pics we took. We invited some of her little friends and all the available family and it turned out wonderfully. We're so grateful to everyone that helped with the party and came to celebrate with us!

Auntie Marie and Auntie Kirsten helped pick out the decorations and Mommy and Auntie Kirsten decorated.

The pink and white lion cake. Mommy is very very proud of this cake. It took two hours of straight decorating to get the cupcakes and cake all decorated. It was worth the effort, but I don't think we can do something quite so fancy every year....

Audrey opening her present from Mommy and Daddy. They were very very cute little shoes.

Playing peek-a-boo on Grandma's lap.

Mommy looking much less frazzled than she feels.

It turned out great. Audrey didn't have fun with the cupcake we gave her so we took it away pretty quickly. She loved opening presents, though. She got very excited at the flashing ones and Mommy got very excited about the learning ones. She even gave the train Grandma and Grandpa McFarlane gave her kisses. She had fun with her friends and got an adorable birthday hug from Tristan. We're so proud of the wonderful little girl she is. She's growing up so fast and we're so blessed to be her parents. She's brought so much joy to our lives for this first year, and we're so grateful for her. Happy Birthday Sweetheart!

Audrey's surgery.

On Tuesday, Audrey had surgery on her little throat. She had one of the best doctors in the western United States performing the surgery, which was a comfort to us, but it was still nerve-wracking. She was a little trooper through all of it, and it will hopefully make life a little easier for our precious girl.

Here she is, snoozing in the car on the way to the hospital at 7:30 in the morning.

The nurse is taking her blood pressure before she gets into her little hospital pajamas.

I don't know about these pajamas....

I guess they're ok!

Audrey really enjoyed playing in the waiting room. She liked having Daddy rock her on the little blue rocking horse.

She did NOT want to be removed from this little red wagon.

All in all, it was a successful surgery. She woke up from the anesthesia groggy and a little cranky, but she recovered pretty quickly. She slept most of the morning, and when she woke up at 1:00 pm, she was HAPPY! She was happy all afternoon, and all evening, and most of the night, when she was supposed to be sleeping. Sam and I didn't get a whole lot of sleep. She was so good, though. She didn't get cranky unless the nurses were trying to give her medicine. Once we got home the next day, she acted like nothing happened. She slept really well that night, and we didn't even have to give her any Tylenol. She didn't show any signs of pain or crankiness. We're so, so, so grateful she came through safe and hopefully a little better than before. We're so grateful for the many friends and family members offer prayers and good thoughts. Thank you!