Hannah’s Birthday {Photopress}

Here are pictures from Hannah’s birthday celebration.

Waiting patiently for Jonah to go hunt down Noah, who was off in the neighborhood playing with a friend.

Her pile of loot!

Ian thinks he’s quite the reader already. This is a postcard sent to Hannah from her orthodontist.

This is a very cool gift from Grandma Judy. She put together a photo book that included many of the things she’s saved from Hannah over the years, starting with her birth announcement. There are pictures, cards and other mementos. It’s really just a gorgeous idea. She sent one to Emily last year, too. Just fantastic!

Ian really is quite convinced that any gift opening is his business to be involved in. Thankfully, Hannah was patient and accomodating to his desires.

What’s really funny about this picture is that all she’s seen at this point is a plain, white box. She seems very excited about that box.

That box contained an outfit that looks totally cute on her. I suppose I should take a shot of her wearing it. I’ll try and get to that. Next, she opened at dry erase calendar board. She specifically asked for this. Not sure why, but she asked and G&G Rainer delivered. She also got two books that she’s very excited to read, and some markers to go with her calendar.

This is the bottom part of another very cute outfit. This one from G&G Kramer. They also sent her an emerald ring that she loves.

This may seem a strange gift for an 11 year old girl, but she requested it. Along with the dart board we gave her. When we last visited Aunt Darcy and Uncle Lance, Uncle Lance took her out to play with a bow and arrows. She REALLY enjoyed it, and Uncle Lance was sure to tell us how great she did for her first time out. She’s been talking about archery ever since. So, we located a youth set for her. Now we just need to locate a safe place for her to practice.

Now the cake. My archery lovin’, dart throwin’ daughter chose to have a pink cake. She didn’t ask for pink. She asked for strawberry icing. She got pink. I’ve never made a layer cake before, and was quite happy with how this one turned out. I’m also quite happy to have a lens that gives me such a shallow depth of field, so you can’t really see all the junk on the counter behind the cake.

Hannah with her cake.

This is my favorite picture of the day. Just love it in black and white. I’m also loving all the muscles in her arms. This kid is built for sports.

Pink on the outside, but yummy chocolate on the inside!! Incidentally, pink and brown is my favorite color combination, so I really like the way this cake looks.

After all of the celebrating, she wanted to try out her new dartboard.

Pretty darn good for her first throw!!

Finally, after seeing all we gave to Hannah, I thought I needed to show her what she’s given me. I’ll share with you, too.

I think I’d like to return this gift.

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