Last year, our trip to Austin was Will's first road trip, we went down when Allison was 3 weeks old. Brooke was insanely pregnant when Will was born so she couldn't come here, so we decided we'd go down once they were home from the hospital and settled in to meet Allison and so they could meet Will. That seems like yesterday.
Then back in June, Allison came to OKC and brought her parents to see family and spend time with us. These two had so much fun together, it was torture when it was time for them to head home.
So in honor of the year Anniversary of getting to meet precious Allison, the Martin's loaded up and headed to Austin to celebrate her 1st Birthday with the family. We had a blast starting friday night at dinner; we went to a new Mexican restaurant in Lakeway where they sang at our table and had the babies attention in full. It was priceless, I now enjoy people singing at our table where before it kind of embarrassed me. Watching Allison & Will totally changed my perspective. The restaurant was in a long shopping strip, so while we waited to be seated the kiddos exercised their parents walking up and down the walkway.
Then Saturday the party began! Allison loved playing with the balloons. So did Will, but you'd take quite a beating if they played with them at the same time, trust me I know, thank goodness balloons are soft.
After a delicious lunch of Rudy's BBQ (which I'd never had and didn't realize we had one in Norman) it was time to open presents. Allison dove right in....for the bows!
It was back to playing with the bow. Allison thought her mom was taking it away just before this picture (she was trying to get a staple out) so she's celebrating the success of winning over Mom's pull. (Brooke did get the staple out, so she won too)
Then it was back to presents; Mimi got Allison this purse! Allison loves purses, like her Aunt Sissy (April); Brooke & Chase are in trouble I think...maybe! This was her first of many purses, she was so excited....
Now armed w/ her new purse and the bag it came in, Allison left the present opening to her mom for a minute.
Then Allison got a new phone from her Grandpa Winburn. Will has one of these too and on our way down to Austin he kept trying to call Brooke to tell her his whereabouts, but she wouldn't answer. So now that Allison has a phone too, they can call each other and leave the moms out of it.
This was after presents; not a new toy, just one of Allison's toys she keeps at Mimi's house. I just can't say anything more about this.
So, it was on to cake!
Now most parents hope their kid dives right into the cake. Will got cake all over him, but more from trying to get to the balloons, not from diving in. Not to say he didn't get the hang of cake to face smashing; but this is Allison's party we are talking about and boy, this little girl knows how to do it! Yes, at first it was a little at a time....
But very quickly after, the full hands to mouth began.
Then the cake to face smashing began....
Will's over there fully clothes w/ a plate of cake not getting it anywhere. But look at Allison, she is now rubbing it on her legs.
Get some here, get some there! It's safe to say a sink bath was in order to clean this little girl up. Her mom was so proud! I didn't get a picture, but she basically licked the tray clean; literally! She had a great birthday and we had so much fun being there with her. On a sad note, our trip was cut short, but I'll explain that in the next post. The time we got to spend with Allison was priceless and can't wait for our next trip.
