Lil Miss is One!

Whew....what a busy super fun day! This morning we spent finishing up preparations for lil miss's party. She took her morning nap and after a quick lunch we headed out to my Granny & Gramps farm to take C family pictures. We have not had an updated family picture in a number of years and we have grown since then. we have tried to make it work the past couple of times, but nothing has ever gotten done. So since everyone was coming in for the party, CJ organized getting pictures taken. I am going to be honest, it really iritated me when i was told what time the pictures were because it conflicted with nap times and i had set the party time to be after her afternoon nap so that she would be at her best. But when you have 13 people's schedule to work around it gets hairy. So we went to pictures at 12:30P, got back home at 2:00PM, put her down for her nap and i started decorating.

Cupcakes were the center piece on our dining room table. I meant to get pictures before people arrived, but didn't get that done.

We pushed our coffee table against the wall and i had her newborn, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 1 year photos on the window sill next to their number block. On the coffee table, i had her baby book and her photo albums of pictures from the year.

We had tables and chairs set up in the basement. I hung balloons from the ceiling.

For her birthday cake, i made a bouquet of ballons

We started dinner around 4:30ish, after everyone was done eating we opended presents. She got lots of new clothes, books, and toys. Then after presents it was cake smashing time!

Waiting while everyone sang happy birthday!

I guess i will try some icing.

She was actually very neat with her cupcake and didn't get really messy, which really didn't surprise me with the way she ate it on Thursday night as well. After a clean up bath, she played until she went to bed with her new toys.

It was a great 1st birthday party. We had approximatley about 50-60 people at our house, we are truly blessed to be surround by such amazing family and friends.

After most everyone left, we visited with our intermediate families that could stay for the evening.