Lets just call it RILEY's Birthday MONTH!

Another party?!?! We told you Riley is a PARTY ANIMAL!
When I was growing up my mom's side of the family... the Casagrande's would get together every month to celebrate the cousins birthdays. Now that the cousins are having kids... we want to keep the tradition going. This was a great family time! We all grew up together and enjoyed always having our cousins around. I never felt like an only child with this family!

Poor Ryan joined the family and would be quizzed on everyone's name as we would drive to family events... Now he is part of it all and being attacked by all the little ones. It was funny watching Riley's reaction as Juan and Luke jumped on top of her daddy!

Riley had a great time opening all her presents. We continued with the Nursery Rhyme theme and loved opening each gift to see the creative connections our family members made to the rhymes.
Only Kristy... she has Old Women who lives in a Shoe. Of course she got her a purse to go with her shoes! haha! We also are still laughing with Paula's bowl of baking goods to go with Patty Cake... Shireen and Jared's take on To Market To Market with a stuffed pig holding a gift card to the market and home store. The Leans had Jack Sprat... get it could eat no LEAN and they are the Lean family!! lol They are trying to make Riley fat with a picnic table and fun treats! We had a lot more exciting connections... just sharing a few.

Grammy and Aunt Ruth had fun too! Grammy even wrote Riley a nursery rhyme. 

I know a little girl
named Riley she’s
sweet and cute as she can be
you see I’m her Nanna
she’s related to me!

Riley liked listening to better than she liked hearing Grammy sing I LOVE YOU A BUSHEL AND A PEK! Riley had the funniest reaction! But not as funny as everyone's face when Grammy and Aunt Ruth tried to tease us and say they were not going to make Macaroni for 4th of July! You can't do that to us Casagrandes!!!

Riley had a little help blowing out the candles from Juan...
But did NOT want to eat her cake...

Thanks to Grampy and GG for all the food and cleaning up for my party!! We couldn't have done it without you! The food was great I even ate some of it...haha! And Daddy really loved having a clean house! You rock! xoxo Riley

Thanks to all my cousins and Aunts and Uncles for coming to celebrate my 1st birthday with me!! xoxo Riley

Don't worry the birthday celebrating is still not done! We know we are spoiling her but we can't help ourselves look at that face! And besides with a small... I mean cozy house it is better spreading out the parties rather than one big party. Keep the party alive BABY!!