Charlotte is one year old!

Charlotte turned one year old on December 22, 2007. Noni was here days before to help get ready for the party and to get me and Charlotte well and over our hospital stay. There was a lot to do.

The night before the party, the Riggle family and Gigi came down. That was fun! Charlotte was tickled to get to spend time with her cousin, Violet.

Saturday morning Adam took off to pick up the cake, balloons, food, spirits, flowers and balloons. We were left here to decorate.

Charlotte wore polka dots and a tutu. Lots and lots of pink and girlie goodness.

Charlotte was operating at about 70% - her pedi told us it might take her a week to get over her virus but that we could go along with the party...but her little friend, Allison, wouldn't be able to come...Charlotte wasn't still contagious, but her toys were...

Charlotte fell asleep a couple of times (very briefly) right before the party started and was pretty tired when she sat down to eat her cake. But she dove right in - not as enthusiastically as she would have, I think, had she been feeling her normal self but she enjoyed it. When she was cleaned up, she barely made it out of her highchair before she fell asleep.

Her guests had to wait 2 hours for her to wake-up to see her open her presents. There were a whole lot of presents, luckily, she had Violet there to help her open them all, and to show her how to play with them.

Happy Birthday Charlotte Rose!