Emily's first birthday party was today! In lieu of the traditional first birthday cake, we let Emily enjoy her first birthday strawberries with whipped cream. I know, we take all of the fun out, but since Emily won't really eat anything already, we didn't want her to decide that she would only like to eat sugar. Don't worry, there was cake for anyone else who wanted some (I wasn't about to sacrifice cake for myself)... and there was whipped cream on the strawberries to take care of the mess factor that everyone looks for in a first birthday cake experience. We had such a great time celebrating with all of our friends. Here are a few pictures we took to remember the day by.
Emily started off the party showing off her newly perfected walking skills.
Emily and her "cake". 
She then proceeded to dump all the strawberries on the tray. Good thing I wasn't planning on serving that to anyone else.
Emily thought it was rude to just sit there and eat while everyone was watching, so she offered to share her strawberries with everyone else.
Emily enjoying her special treat.
More of Emily and the strawberries. She made such a mess, we had to quickly wash her off in the tub before we could start with the presents.
Mom's... I mean Emily's... birthday cake.
Andrew helping Emily open her presents.
It didn't take long for everyone to join in the fun of opening presents.
Emily trying on the birthday hat that Kristen made for her. We couldn't get her to keep it on, and she was getting to be pretty grumpy, so we decided to save it for another day.
I decided someone should get some use out of it, so I tried it on for size. I loved it! I was so excited that Kristen made one for her.
Here is Emily after everyone left. We're still going to have to work on getting a good picture of her with her birthday hat because today it just wasn't happening.
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