So Jared posted a few pics from Karis’ Bday party in January, but we thought her 1st bday deserved its own post. Karis’ Bday is 1/7/9, so we celebrated the first week of January with the family members who were able to make the trip. We decided on a farm animal theme since one of Karis’ favorite things was a big pop out book she has on farm animals. In fact, one of her very first words was “rooster,” which she said several times around 9 months old, along with her attempt at “cock-a-doodle-do,” and to the dismay of her parents, has not repeated it since.
My mom, known as “BB” to the grandbabies, made Karis’ first birthday cake, a barnyard cake complete with silo and farm animal cupcakes. She also made Karis’ own little pig cake to eat/destroy. In light of the cold January weather, we served homemade chili with chili dogs. We also made little party favors for Karis’ mini guests, her cousins Andrew, Eli and Ethan. Their party favors were in little silver farm pales, lined with a bandana. Inside the pale were animal stickers, an animal coloring book, crayons, animal crackers, animal stensils and party blowers.
Karis decided she was sleepy just before cake and presents, but we were able to somehow distract her enough with the festivities to stay awake. As a result, she was a bit more stoic than her usual personality, especially considering all of the people who were in her house watching her eat cake, open gifts, and play. Of course, she became wired just as all the guests started leaving and as she realized those gifts weren’t leaving with them!
Here are some photos of our fun night with our baby girl, already one year old!!
(For some reason some of the captions did not turn out right- sorry, Jared’s computer and I do not get along!)
Karis Olivia Blankenship, born January 7, 2009
Karis' personal (pig) cake
K's first candle and cake!
Andrew convincing Karis to dig in!
Guess it worked!
What a fun mess!
Cleaning up the aftermath
Time to spoil!
Ethan digs in head first!
Is that a pig cupcake?!
The Eby Family
Karis with 2 sets of great grandparents!
Karis and Papa Ted
Karis and Aunt Marina
Party Pooped
Bday kiss
Loves her bday barn!
Our little peanut one year ago...
My how she's grown in one year! (That's her sock in her mouth instead of on her feet, which she prefers.)
