Baby’s First Birthday

Finally! A recap of Lillian’s 1st Birthday and the big celebration!

First of all, any good party starts with stellar invitations. And who better to create stellar invitations, than amo-ink?! Inside the small envelope were daisy seeds for guests to plant around their homes. Of course, there were matching thank you notes as well! Great job Amy! Notice any similarities between the flower design and flowers on the website (aka flowers from my baby shower thank you notes)? Carrying the theme right on through!

Before the party, I enlisted the help of a few crafty friends to assemble paper flowers to serve as decoration at the party. It doesn’t get much better then paper flowers!

Grandma and Grandpa MacDonald hosted a 40-person celebration in their home and it was absolutely wonderful! The food was delicious and we got to celebrate among beloved family and friends.

Lillian handled the entire day like a star! During the singing of ‘Happy Birthday’, she contemplated the green frosted cupcake in front of her. I was ready for a mess. But, like her Momma, she apparently does not like messes, and did not enjoy the frosting on her fingers one bit! This may have been the cleanest first bite of cake, or cupcake, in baby history! She took a few bites when I put the cupcake up to her mouth, and that was that!

Our family and friends were overwhelmingly generous, and I was worried that after opening the first card, Lillian would crawl away to play with a piece of tissue paper. I was completely shocked when she sat through ALL of the presents and actually paid attention to each one! Such a good guest of honor!