February 8, 2009

Veronika's 12th birthday

Our niece, Veronika, turned 12 over the weekend so her mom, Helena, hosted a family get-together on Saturday. We got some good photos from the party so I wanted to share.

Here's the birthday girl blowing out the candles...

...and cutting the cake.

Like her mother, Leila enjoys a good party! She had a good time socializing and getting carried around by everyone. Here she is hanging out with her dad.

Leila gives a hug to Aunt Helena.

That flash is a little shocking!


Leila decided to "help" Veronika open her gifts. She started by examining (and tasting!) this brightly colored gift box.

Isn't gift opening fun??

Veronika opens the gift from us (lots of scrapbooking supplies) while Aunt Paula looks on. (Those are my legs holding Leila on the right-hand side...)

Giddyup, Daddy!

Leila holds on to Matt good and tight- by his hair! Can you tell she's having fun?




3 comments:

Qiong Wang said...

oh, sure, she is having a lot of fun holding on to Matt --- by his hair!! :-) And she certainly enjoys biting the gift! hehe..
She is such a happy & beautiful kiddo!

Jennifer said...

What cute photos! Great party girl!

Helena said...

Thanks again for these photos... Hilarious though, the gift that Leila is unwrapping, was already been "emptied" by Veronika; Leila really just likes the wrapping more than what's inside.