1st birthday

I think Liza likes birthdays.
Or at least the hands in the cake and balloons part.

On Tuesday morning we rushed out the door to get Mckinlay to preschool and found a little package with this balloon tied to it sitting on our back stairs.  It was from Pam & Archie.  Our across the street Grandparents.  Pam knit Liza a sweater.  You can kind of see it in the bottom left picture.
{I'm so in love with these neighbors of ours.  They have totally adopted my girls as their Grandkids.  It's too cute.}

On her actual birthday Ty had to work late, so we saved her presents for this weekend so he wouldn't miss out. 

Ty and I painted and recovered this rocking chair for her and I made her a monkey of her own.  She has been eying Mckinlay's so I figured she could use one too.

She's been rocking and snuggling
"Browna Browna Monkia"
{I'll give you one guess who came up with that name...}
ever since.