She's one WHOLE hand....

My sweet little girl is officially one whole hand. That's a very big deal in our world, as I can vividly remember turning one whole hand myself. We do birthdays big in our family and this special milestone was no exception!! The festivities started with a family dinner celebration at our home.

Eva wanted a Hannah Montana cake for her birthday and I was more than happy to make it for her - but it was time consuming!!! It made me a little sad to cut into it!! Ha!

After dinner our two little ones put on a concert for us...Eva sang (mostly Taylor Swift songs) and Jaden played back-up and did some dancing!!

This is one of my favorite pictures of the day....after everyone left, things were cleaned up, and PJ's were put on, Eva sat at the kitchen table among all of her balloons and banners and practiced writing her letters and numbers. I'm so glad I snapped this picture.

The next day we celebrated with a "friend" party! Bowling, cupcakes, and games were enjoyed by all!!!

This was Eva's first "friend" party and she was quite excited! Instead of having her friends bring gifts to her party Eva had them bring an item to donate to the local animal shelter. Her friends generously responded - we are looking forward to dropping off all of the goodies this week!

The following day was her REAL birthday and we made sure the party didn't stop!! She wanted waffles for breakfast so we piled them up, added a candle, and sang Happy Birthday!!!

Later in the day she opened the gifts from Matt, Jaden, and I. Her favorite was her Hannah Montana "big girl" scooter (big girl because it only has two wheels)! This was a tough one for her Mommy (it just seems a bit dangerous to me) but we agreed that she would always wear her helmet with it. She is absolutely ecstatic about it!

That night our family went to the movie theater to see The Princess and the Frog - such a good movie!! Afterwards we enjoyed dinner at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants. A longtime family friend of ours works there and has the most beautiful voice. When I was a little girl (about Eva's age) he would sing to me.....and we were lucky enough to have him sing to our little girl on her special day. She loved it.

Happy Birthday Eva! We love you Peanut....to the moon and back.