Abby's birthday party

On Thursday, we celebrated Abby's birthday with our playgroup with a pool party at my friend Kathy's house.

The birthday girl was adorable.

And happy at the 10:30 affair, despite missing her morning nap that day.

Emily was also cute, though predictably uncooperative as a photography subject.

She showed me how birds fly.

I love her ponytail!

Something to climb on!

I suspect this isn't the first time I'll photograph Abby trying to keep up with Emily.

Dirty feet!

I tried to get a picture of my two girls and Em's buddy Liv.

I pretty much failed.

After we swam for a while (no pictures because Em's grandma and I had our hands full wrangling my two swimmers), we had lunch and cake. You can tell Abby was tired by this time. She immediately picked up the smash cake I made for her.

I don't think she was very impressed.

Bye-bye, cake.

RIP, cake.

After another quick dip in the pool to rinse the frosting off, we got dressed and headed home.

Where Abby took a three-hour nap! A fun time was had by all.

Oh, and here are Abby's 12-month stats: 30 1/2 inches long (89th percentile), 20 pounds, 12 ounces (46th percentile -- and four pounds lighter than Emily at this age), and 87th percentile in head circumference (I didn't get the measurement). She is really doing great and is such a sweet and delightful girl.