Party Time (part 1) and Exciting News!

Pierson was very blessed and got to have 2 first birthday parties. We were in Longview the weekend before her 1st birthday and since my entire family lives in Longview/ East Texas and would not be able to make it Waco for her "big" party, we celebrated a little early.

Here is the "smash" cake for the little princess.

She was not real sure about the cake at first.

Then we started to have a little fun with the icing!

Showing everyone what she had on her hands

Pierson loves to clap and so when we started clapping for her, naturally she wanted to do it too :)

It may look like she is really enjoying her cake, but she has yet to take a taste.

She finally decides to take a little taste of this sugar stuff that mom and dad have been keeping from her for so long

And she is definitely her daddy's girl because she did NOT like the icing!!!! It was so funny to see her face and then how she decided she did not want the icing on her hands anymore so she began to shake them, throwing the icing all over the walls

My niece, Maddie, was happy to take over and get rid of the cake!

She really got into opening her gifts this time. Much different from just a few months ago at Christmas.

She was all cleaned up after the cake and excited to see what she got.

Playing her new drum from Aunt Kelly

Figured out the drum sticks can be used as swords too :)

The weekend was complete with some EXCITING news from Pierson's Uncle Bubba and Aunt Jannon (my little brother and sister-in-law)! They are expecting their first child in October 2010 and told the family their wonderful news while we were in town. They brought over a fun little gift for my parents (the frame they are holding).

Nana (my mom) couldn't wait to share the news with the rest of the family and friends.

Pierson loves her Aunt Jannon

and her Uncle Bubba and knows that they will be wonderful parents!