Kitten's First Birthday!

Today was Courtney Kitten's first birthday. She was sick with a bad cold and had to go to the doctor in the morning, but after sleeping most of the day she was able to enjoy her party with all her grandparents and several aunts/uncles. Above, she is wearing her favorite shirt with a cat on it. She will carry this shirt around saying 'cat, cat' so we had an orange and black themed cat party. Also above, she was playing with balloons -her first time to have a balloon - and her hair was sticking straight up.
This is the cat cake I made for her. The eyes are jordan almonds and the whiskers and mouth are licorice. I had intended for it to look MUCH better than this, but that's how it turned out. I also made cupcakes.
Here's Courtney eating her cupcake. She had never had cake before, so it was new to her. She got icing stuck to her hand and tried to shake it off. Eventually she got the hang of it and ate the cupcake successfully.
Here's Courtney enjoying the new swing she received as a present. Todd finished our back yard deck just in time for the party and also installed chains so we could hang Courtney's swing on the deck. She loved it!
Here's the whole birthday party group in the picture - the only person not looking at the camera is the birthday girl. Front row from left is Mike (with sun over his face), Todd, me, Courtney, Lyn, and Breck (standing). Back row is Charles, Kim, Harold, Mary Lou, Ron, Jimmie, Jen. Thanks to all for coming from so far away for the party! Lyn came from Hattiesburg, Mike came from Natchez, Kim/Charles came from Monroe, La., Mary Lou and Harold came from New Orleans, Breck/Jen came from St. Louis and Ron/Jimmie came from Asheville. That's a combined 20 hours of travel time each way!