MY 1st Birthday

November 14th was a fun day for Miss Alyson Jean.

Ryan and I picked Aly up from daycare right after lunch and headed out to have some fun as a family on her special day. We took her to Toys-R-Us to start to look at some birthday gifts. We left with a Dora phone and some building blocks and knew a trip to Target for a V-Smile was needed.

After that we headed to the Mall of America - We took Alyson to the amusement park and took turns taking her on her first rides. You can tell she was getting used to the rides in the photos. Daddy was the best too and made sure Aly had balloons for her stroller so everyone knew it was her special day...

After the rides we went to the Rainforest Cafe for dinner. We got a great table near the fish tanks and the gorillas. She loved all the sites and sounds and had a great dinner of dinosaur chicken nuggets and french fries. We even got a picture with the mascot from the restaurant.


But the day was not over - off to Target to get her one last gift and some cupcakes for her and Maddie (And Ry and I) to enjoy on her day. We got home and Dad and Aly played with her new toys and video games.



AND THAN THE BEST PART - The Eating of the Cupcake.

Let's just say the video is even better than the pictures but they are cute too. Aly thought it was interesting for all of us to sing including Maddie. Here is the slide show of all of her picture of the night. Maybe someday I will figure out the video deal