Shelby Turns 1

We have decided that with Shelby's birthday falling in December right in the middle of all of our Christmas stuff, that it is going to be very important to keep her birthday as separate from Christmas as possible and that includes in the blog.  I figure if we keep it separate, then she won't grow up feeling like she got jipped.  So for at least one day, we take a break from all things Christmas and focus just on Shelby.

Since it was her first birthday, we went ahead and invited grandma and grandpa Johnston to come.  They had been in Lincoln for Nolan's 1st birthday so we figured it was fair.  For Shelby's cake we did Nighttime Bear with marshmallows for his cloud and smarties for his pillow.

Shelby's Cake

Shelby was still young enough that she had no idea what to do with the lit candle on her cake but Nolan did so he took care of it for her.

Blowing out the candle

 Shelby didn't have a problem figuring out how to open presents.  She got that figured out quick and was just ripping into them.

Opening her first present

Already trying to put her dress on

Next present and she's already forgotten about the first

Nolan showing Shelby's new church shoes

Shelby's bows.  This was the present from Nolan
so he felt the need to help open it

Shelby's 1st Baby

It must be instinct because she already has the motherly quality

Once she opened the baby she didn't care about her other presents

New tights

All in all I think Shelby had a fun first birthday.  The funny part was that she only wanted to eat the ice cream so I don't know if she ate any cake at all at least not until the next day.