Lucy's 1st Birthday

Lucy's Big Day was perfect...just like the day she was born. I love having a child. Birthday's will always be a special celebration of that glorious day they were born. I know this is an obvious statement but it has a whole new meaning once you have a child. All day I just kept thinking how grateful I was to have my beautiful, healthy, and happy baby girl. On my favorite show Gilmore Girls every birthday at the time Rory was born her mother goes in her room and tells her about the moment she was born, while I didn't take it this far (mainly as not to disturb Lucy's nap), I did love pausing at 1:09pm and thinking of that amazing moment when Lucy entered the world. I will admit it brought a few tears to my eyes. I feel so lucky to be this little girls Mom. I love her so much! We had an awesome day Celebrating our little Lu! 

The Invite 

The Table 

Menu: Chocolate dipped Marshmallows, Jelly Beans, Peanut M&M's, Strawberry Wafer cookies, Chocolate Dipped Pretzels, Strawberries and Cream Gummies, Cupcakes, Frosted Animal Cookies, Cake Pops, Carmel Chocolate Kisses, Wintergreen Mints, Cotton Candy, Powdered Donuts and Water. (all pink and white of course!) 

The Outfit

complete with little piggy's in the back! :) 

Made with Love by Mom...and yes I SLAVED over that party hat and this is the only picture I got of her wearing it..lol! Isn't it cute though? 

The Cake 

She wasn't shy! About the only thing she got from her Mom was her sweet tooth! She downed this bad boy! She mainly stuck to the frosting..till the very end and by then you could tell she couldn't eat much more! ha! My favorite part was when we were singing happy birthday to her she was dancing/ banging her head on the back of her chair. :) 

The Family

The Baby Friends 

minus Kara. We also had many other loyal big buddies running around too. They watch out for Lucy and Lucy loves to follow them around! 

The Presents

Which she had no interest in....it made me sad! Her boy cousins were very into it though! ;) 

She did immediately LOVE this car mommy and Daddy gave her!

The Princess with her Spoils 

and this...

Wow! Lucy you are one very loved little girl! Thank you so much to all the family and friends who came to celebrate with us. 

Later that night after the party it started Pouring...i mean buckets..seriously! Erik got so excited, stripped down Lucy and ran with her outside! It was so cute! She was squealing with delight (we think). It was just the perfect ending to the day. I can't even begin to describe the joy that this girl brings into our lives. Happy Birthday Lucy! We love you!