Sunday, July 20, 2014

Party! Party! Party!

We had Nora's party at our house and after all the hard work... it was a success!

At every seat there was a baby food jar of gummy bears. I painted the lids to look like ladybugs :)

 And every table had a centerpiece with a different picture of the birthday girl!

This picture shows off all of my hard work! I hand cut each piece of the banner ( the scallop, the circle, and the letters) and then put it all together. Instead of buying a chalkboard design from Etsy, I made my own birthday board! Then lastly, I made the cupcake stand using cake platters, scrapbook paper, and ribbon. My hot glue gun really got some good use over the past couple months! I'm so proud of how the decorations turned out!


One of the food tables
More food!


I printed out pictures from the day she was born and then every month up until her birthday. It's amazing to see how much she has grown!



We couldn't have asked for better weather. It was sunny and warm with a breeze. It was so nice outside!

We borrowed some tents and kept everyone in the shade.

Nora loved each and every one of her presents. Every piece of clothing, every card, and every toy. She just loved everything!


I ordered her bow off of Etsy. Cute right? It says, "Mommy's Little Bug"









Annnnnnd she got some more cake :)




Sharing her cake with Uncle Brad

Sharing her cake

Sharing with Dad

Mom gets a bite too!
 She loves getting messy


She definitely needed a bath!

Losing energy! She fell asleep for the night at 6:30pm!

We had such a good day and couldn't have done with without family. Thank you everyone for being so generous! Nora had a great time and is very loved!!

1st Birthday!

 It's hard to believe that one year ago, I was the most nervous and excited that I had ever been in my life.

And one year ago, I was in the most pain I have ever been in

And one year ago, as exhausted as I was, I brought the most amazing little girl into this world.

And her Daddy fell in love all over again


One year ago I stared at this little baby and wondered if I would be a good mom
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 But I loved her so much already

I would have never guessed that the little potato in those pictures would someday look like this!













On Miss Nora's birthday, we let hr open a couple of presents. She loved opening them!

She LOVES books

And she loved the ribbon!

We went outside and attempted a photo shoot... haha she wasn't into it!

And then the decorations turned into weapons lol

We headed to my parents' house for cake and pizza!
She loved her cake!



She loves to make a mess!

She had a great day!