Can anyone else believe that we celebrated Baby E's FIRST birthday party with family and friends last week? Does it not seem like just yesterday we
that we were expecting our little bundle of joy? I didn't even really
know
that little bundle of joy then. I felt her, I felt a bond and a deep connection, but I didn't
know know
her if you know what I mean. Our lives have been so blessed in this past year with getting to know, love, and bond with the best thing to ever happen to us. It truly is amazing.
So to celebrate the first year of her life was something we were looking forward to - in that bittersweet way. We wanted it to be memorable for her, for us and for those that love her. And let her look back on photos to know how special her first birthday was to everyone around her. She had a blast, to say the least.
We went with a pumpkin fall festival theme. Including a pumpkin patch for pumpkin painting, sack races, ring toss, fall eats & treats, carnations and baby's breath filled mason jars, pinata bashing, and cake smashing. A pumpkin, pink, gold, burlap and lace rustic chic birthday party fit for a chic little gal.
She loved every last pumpkin, carnation, and grain of glitter she could find. But more importantly, she loved all the family and friends who came to celebrate her day with us, in person or in spirit :)
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Let's start with the details, shall we? Momma love her some details!
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And let's finish with the moments. Each and every special moment - complete with soccer playing, kids sack racing, adults sack racing,
falling on our asses
, kids drinking glass bottle root beers to look like they are in the 21+ crowd, painting pumpkins with a blob of mixed up metallic paints under twinkle lights, sparkler twirling, chowing down on pulled pork sandwiches, crock-pot chili & Chick-fil-A nuggets, and oohing-and-aahing over our pride and joy who is beautifully growing up. I'd say it was a day spent well!
Baby girl dug into her cake, until she realized it was easier to just nix the hands and smash her face directly into the cake. Much easier, right?! Mmmm!
We ended the evening with some sparklers under twinkling lights and happy goodbyes to family and friends.
And maybe even some beer pong under a twinkly light arena.
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Baby girl's first birthday party was certainly memorable, fun, and magical. It was quite the celebration of the first year of our beautiful girl's life and I am thankful for how much fun she had and for how loved she is :)
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And once again, HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY to our little love!
