Happy Birthday Jessica!

Wow, it's hard to believe we've had Jessica for an entire year. She has made our life so much more enjoyable and worthwhile. Her life started out a little rough but looking at her now, you'd never be able to tell she spent her first week in the NICU.

First pic with mommy

First pic with daddy

Fast forward to one year later and we're having an awesome party at the community center on base with family and friends. We had a room to ourselves with lots of good food.

And of course there were presents for Jessica to open. As you can see, she had a blast ripping the paper off her gifts (with a little help from her cousins, Nate and Kate)And then came the cakeDaddy helped her blow out her candleBut then the real fun began. The bakery provided us with a free "smash" cake for Jessica to impose her will upon. And that's exactly what happened. She started out a little shy at first, but as the video below illustrates, the baked goods of the world need to be scared...very scared.

As if getting presents and destroying cakes weren't enough fun, we then took the party outside to the splash park and all the kids went wild. These are the best pics we could get of Jessica and her cousins because they were all too preoccupied to worry about getting their pictures made.

Nathan and Jessica shared a ride on the alligator's nose.

Taking a break with mommy

Aunt Megan took her turn splashing around with the birthday girl And Lady took Jess for a stroll

Of course Jessica had to have some snuggle time with Grandpa Jim as well

But then it was back to splashing

We had the absolute best time celebrating our little girl's first birthday and judging from the picture below, we think Jessica felt the same way. Thanks to our family and friends for making this a great day. Happy birthday Jessica, we love you so much!