Noel's first birthday adventure!

Well, can you believe it? Our little girl turned 1 on the 7th! I don't know whether to say that the year went by quickly or it crept by slowly, but either way we all learned a lot this year!
Noel awoke bright and early on her birthday, so we decided to give her her big present while we were all still in our PJs!

TADAAA! Mom and Dad built Noel a swing set! She seems to really love it!

 
 
 Then we went inside and ate some delicious pancakes for breakfast and got ourselves ready for a fun-filled day! Here is Noel in her special birthday outfit! Everyone we saw during our day out had to know that she was 1!

 

 
Today is all about ME!

 Ok paparazzi, no more pictures!

 
 Ok . . . maybe 1 more!

 I'm just so darn photogenic!

We packed up the car and headed to the aquarium in Baltimore!

 Little fingers and little seahorses!

Big turtle!  

 

And lots of other very cool fish! 

 
 
 

Group pic! 

 
 The jellyfish were beautiful! Especially because they were behind glass! ;)

 
 
 
 Starting to get a little sleeeeeepy!

 

Wow, look at that! 

On to the dolphin show!   

 
 
 
 Maybe I'll grab a quick nap! Even birthday girls need to regroup!

 

Dolphin tricks!  

 
 I'm up, what did I miss?

 
 
 Look Dad!

 
 After a fun few hours, we were ready for lunch! Off to Hooters!

Hi Ladies!

This lady wanted to see what Noel would look like with long, dark hair! Who knows! Noel didn't particularly enjoy it, but I think Daddy did! ;)  

 
 

Foooooooooood! 

 

It was a beautiful day in Baltimore!  

A very quiet ride home!

Time to open cards and gifts! 

 

And of course, the birthday girl had a little bit of a special dessert! 

Happy 1st birthday to our beautiful little girl! We love you!