The Big ONE

On Saturday little Cynthia turned one! It was a great day. I had everything planned out and the big surprise of it all was the fact that everything went off without a hitch - on that day only!

We started the day with a trip through the Draper Temple. It was an open house. Layne came up from Provo and brought Katherine with him. So it was the five of us. Cynthia made a friend in the Temple. She would talk with the other little girl every time they passed each other on the tour. It was funny to hear them 'chatting' to each other. It was a rainy day so we got no pictures outside with the Temple in the background like I wanted. But here we are waiting for the bus.

Layne and Katherine

Ben, Cynthia, Me and Layne

All five of us

Layne and Cynthia

Layne took this picture on the bus going back to our car of the Temple. It is very pretty!

After the Temple we all went to Build-A-Bear to get Cynthia a Teddy Bear. It was her birthday present from her Great Granny. I figured that since she was having a Teddy Bear's Picnic for her party, she should have something cool to 'remember' it by. And a Teddy is the perfect way.

At Build-A-Bear you get to put a heart in your bear. Cynthia could not choose between a red heart and a red checker heart so she got to put both of them in the bear.

Once the bear is stuffed, you take it to get fluffed. You brush all the lint off it bear in a 'bath' area. Cynthia got to sit in the bath and brush her teddy.

Cynthia loves to hug her teddys and dolls. Here is Ben and Cynthia waiting to pay for her Teddy.

Once we were done at Build-A-Bear Layne and Katherine went back to Provo and Cynthia went home for her nap. While Cynthia was napping, Ben and I got ready for her party.

At 4pm Grandma Cindy, the Miner family and the Stevens Family arrived to help celebrate Cynthia's birthday. Cynthia had so much fun playing with her new friends. I am just grateful that Gavin did not get to mad at Cynthia.



Here is Cynthia playing with Gavin



Here is Cynthia playing with Gavin again and going to say hello to Hannah

Gavin really enjoyed the balloons. He got to ride on them.

This is cute little Gavin. I tried to get a nice picture of Hannah, but every time I took one she moved away. So there were no cute ones sadly.

Cynthia decided that it was time to open her presents and crawled over to where they were and started to play with them. Here she is opening one of her new toys.

When I was younger I remember getting my picture taken next to my cake. So here is Cynthia next to her cake - lets keep the tradition alive!

Cynthia was very interested in the flame. So she tried to stick her finger in it. This picture looks like her finger is in the flame but it was not. Ben was able to blow it out just a split second before her finger got to the flame.

Cynthia got the white bear all to herself. She had so much fun picking at the icing.

Look at how much fun was had! The icing is all over her face. She never got down to the cake until we cut an ear off and gave it to her to eat.

Here is Grandma Cindy with little Cynthia.

Cynthia's presents:
Grandma Cindy - A cute little outfit

Sudhir and Bindu - A cute little dress
The Miner Family - Shapes that you push through the whole of the same shape
The Stevens Family - Books

The Cockcroft - Hair clips, a baby doll and bottles for the baby doll.

Great Granny - A teddy bear

The Ames Family - A teddy bear backpack

Ben and I - Peek-A-Boo pop up toy, wood building blocks

A great day was had by all! I would like to thank all of those who support Cynthia on her very special day! Your friendship is greatly appreciated!