Shelby's First Birthday Party!

Shelby's birthday fell on a Saturday this year, so we were able to have her very first birthday party on the day of her actual birthday. We were so thankful that our immediate family {my parents & sister as well as Derek's mom, step-dad, sister, brother-in-law, and our sweet niece} were all able to make the trip to Biloxi from GA/AL to celebrate with us! We were also blessed to share this special day with a few of our neighbors and friends here at Keesler.

Here is our little family of 3 right before the party got underway...
You can tell Shelby wasn't too thrilled about wearing her birthday hat, so it didn't stay on for very long! Ha!
Shelby did not know what to think when I put the cupcake in front of her and we all sang "Happy Birthday" to her. I think she takes after her mama...doesn't like all of the attention on her! She's usually the loudest little girl when we're at home, but whenever we're at playgroup with friends or in a large group setting she always gets quiet...it's so neat to see her little personality starting to come out more & more.
This next picture is so Shelby. Whenever she sees something new, she always inspects it with her one little pointer finger.
After several minutes & a little help from Daddy, Shelby finally realized that birthday cupcakes are pretty fun after all! :)
Next up...opening presents!
Shelby wasn't too interested in opening the gifts, so I had to do most of the work..haha! But Shelby {and cousin Elly, too!} did have fun playing with the tissue paper and bags!
After the gift wrap got old, we finally moved on to the new toys :)
Grampy is reading Shelby one of her new board books :)

These next two pictures were taken the morning after Shelby's birthday party...can you tell these sweet cousins were enjoying playing with the new toys?!