The ~1st~ Birthday Party!

Before we could have Bentley's 1st big party she had to go to the dr. and get some shots (Not that our families have rampant serious diseases or anything). She was such a trooper, got high marks!! She's a little petite but doing SO good! We have been loving the fresh summer fruits and veggies too! can't wait to get more from our garden and plant some fruit trees!

The first time Patrick and I went to Hawaii we learned that it is tradition to have a luau for the the child's first birthday. We decided then that we wanted to do this too. It was SO much fun. I wish I had taken more pictures if that is even possible!! But thanks heavens Jenn took some too and sent them to me! (Thanks Jenn!)
We had it catered from our favorite Hawaiian restaurant Mo' Bettah Steaks. It is better than the luau food in Hawaii, in my opinion. My friend Hana's brothers started it a few years ago and it is doing really well. It was so nice to not have to worry about the food! I think everyone ate enough. Garett gave me a huge hug and said thank you so much for the yummy food! Such a cute kid!
Bentley got spoiled like CrAzY!! She is so loved and loved all her presents! She's funny, she know when things are hers and she has a hard time sharing, hopefully as she gets older she'll learn that sharing is fun! Instead of a pinata we had a pool full of wood shavings for the kids to find candy in. I thought Bentley and Jennah would like it more but it made a huge mess!
I wanted to make Bentley a barbie cake, I think I bit off more than I could handle but I did it! She was pretty cute, I put the candles in the other cake and then switched them and she was so mad that I took her cake away. someone had to give her a taste of the barbie cake before she would even look at it! THen she loved it and she even shared some with me and made me a mess!
We are so happy that Bentley is in our family! She has made it so much better with her precious spirit! She is such a sweet-heart that I can't wait to hold every morning!