The Maders: First Birthday Party

*Again, late post*
We got to celebrate Lexie's 1st birthday party in Opelika.
Dave and I are in the midst of moving so we didn't really have a place to host Lexie's party (and she has to have a party. . . .). :-) My parents were gracious enough to host the party at their house Saturday, April 10.
Lexie and I drove down to Bama on Wednesday to help my Mom set up. Dave and his parents drove down on Thursday.
Friday we went out to my parents farm. The guys fished at the little pond while us ladies drove around on the golf cart.
Saturday, the party came and went. Boy did we all have a great time! I got to see so many of my childhood friends and their families. I didn't get to talk to all my girlfriends nor take pictures with them as much as I had liked. But it sure was so wonderful to see everyone. We even had a 3 week old join us. Precious, little Duncan Martin! I'm glad he was able to grace us with his presence along with his 2 sweet older brothers, Ford and Luke. Lexie got to meet a lot of other adorable kids like Tripp, Georgia, Walker, Kyndall, Jonah, Mary Evans, and Whit. Thanks for coming sweet babies! Lexie may not remember it but she enjoyed having you all!
Lexie started to get a little fussy during the party. I tried to put her down for a quick nap but she wasn't digging that idea. I hated to be a bad Mom and make her miss her own party. So I skipped the nap and decided to do the cake smash. She had a fantastic time with that! We all sang happy birthday (which I thought she might get real upset because EVERYONE was singing to her but she thoroughly enjoyed it) and then presented her own smash cake! It was so cute and she even offered me some of her cake. After all the excitement, she went on to take her 3 hour nap.
The rest of the weekend consisted of spending time with our wonderful family and watching the Masters. It could not have been a more perfect weekend!