Anna Katherine is 1 and a trip to LegoLand!

Dalton and his masterpiece...a birthday card for little sister!

 On July 15, our little princess turned 1!  Can you believe it?  I, for one, can not!  I just can't believe it's been one year since this little bundle of joy came into our lives and changed them forever! 
This past weekend, we had a super fun birthday party for her...but more on that in the next post.
On the actual day, we have gotten into a little tradition ever since Dalton was born of having our own private little family celebration, and we did just that on Anna's birthday.  We started the day out with lunch at Taco Mac and a trip to LegoLand, which is actually a place where Dalton has been asking to go FOREVER!  (Not really-it just opened this spring)...but anyway, we finally went.  Of course it's geared more towards bigger kids but I think Anna really enjoyed it too.  It was very visually stimulating with all the colors and activities.

Here she is...all pumped up to be at LegoLand!

Dalton waiting to go into the big play area.  They had huge foam blocks in there shaped like Legos!  Doesn't he look like such a big kid here??

Dalton and Daddy working on his Lego car that he raced in the derby races.  He won almost every time!

Here's Dalton with a sorcerer made completely out of Legos!

 I might add that when we got home I asked him what is favorite part of LegoLand was.  You will not believe this but his answer was, "picking out my ninja Legos in the Lego store."  So next time maybe we will just save a lot of money and go to Wal-Mart instead!!  :)

Here's little bit eating her birthday dinner...homemade spaghetti and  meatballs!  Yum, yum!  She loved it!!

Anna and her first birthday cupcake...vanilla with vanilla icing

Yay!!!  I'm one!!

 Another little tradition that we are going to do is have the kids buy each other a little something for birthdays and Christmas.  I want them to understand the importance of giving to others, so before her birthday I took Dalton to Wal-Mart and made him pick something out for her.  He picked this lovely baby doll.  Anna really does love her, she calls her "Bobby" and carries her around and pushes her in her stroller.  She also tries to take her paci.  :)

Opening one of her presents from Mommy and Daddy, a bubble machine

Yay for bubbles!

And just for the sake of documentation, I'm going to do a little likes/dislikes section here:

Likes:
Food!  Particularly pasta-pasta salad I think is her favorite food right now.  She's a carb-a-holic like Mommy.
Kip-quite the change from a few months ago.  She calls him "Glip" and thinks he's fascinating!
Being held (especially by Mommy)
Dalton-and everything he does!
Daddy-which is her favorite word to scream
Putting her finger in her nose (it's the perfect fit, why not?)
The train table
Her paci-she's addicted
Music and dancing
Squeaky shoes
Dislikes:
Being put down
When Mommy leaves for work in the morning
Car seat
Dalton getting in her face-screams and tries to hit
Vegetables and fruit-I think she doesn't really like the texture.  She will eat the pureed baby fruits and veggies but not the regular ones
Being told "no"-it really hurts her feelings and she usually cries.

Happy birthday little Angel!  We love you!