I really look forward to those major milestones my children will have in their lives and I can't think of a better one than their first birthday. It just amazes me to see how much they change in such a short time frame. I wanted Sarah's first birthday to be extra special since it wasn't going to be how I had pictured it in my mind. I was/am still recovering from my C-section so the older two kids have been going to friends houses for the day and I knew that for her birthday she wouldn't be with me much of the time so it made me even more determined to make sure she had a good day when she was here. I also still wanted to do our normal traditional things that we do.
I normally each month get a picture of the kids next to their growing buddy to document how much they have changed. I thought I would be cleaver and do this the night before her birthday since I wouldn't get much time with her on the actual day. I must say it was a good thought but totally not a reality with this kid. She was so wired and all over the place that this was the best picture I could get.
I tired my hardest to decorate the house cute for her too. I stayed up late to get it just right. I know she isn't going to remember this but it was still important to me to do for her.
I even had my sweet husband run out to the store and get her a special table cloth for her birthday. I feel lucky that I married such a sweet man to do such a thing for me.
The easiest tradition to do was to take a picture of Sarah at the very exact time she was born. I love doing these pictures. You know how people get excited to count down the time for New Years? Well I get excited for my kids birthday so much that I count down the time until I get to take this kind of picture. Yes, I'm a little nuts when it comes to my kids.
I thought before breakfast I would try to get a good month milestone picture of Sarah with her growing buddy and I'm glad that I did this because it was so much easier and a much better picture than the one above. My kids do great with getting their pictures taken in the morning rather than the evening.
Now that I'm done with my little photo session it is time to PARTY!
A breakfast for a princess to enjoy. Of course the balloon had to come along.
Once the kids got home we had a little family party with a fun activity for them to enjoy together. They were just sorting colors out but they both had fun.
Sarah really ate it up.
Now while the kids were gone playing at a friends house for the day I decided to be brave and make her first birthday cake. I was thinking that it wouldn't be too hard on my body because I wasn't lifting anything heavy. Man, was I wrong! It really tired me out but thankfully James helped me make the cake and push me through the entire thing.
At one point I started to get a little creative with the coloring. I wanted it to be fun and girlly. All of the cakes are vanilla flavoring.
I made heart shape cakes for us girls with vanilla frosting (since that is my favorite) and star shape cakes for the boys with chocolate frosting (since that is daddy's favorite). I also added those little hard sugar decorative things that you see too. Although I will never do that again because they taste awful.
The finished birthday girl's cake. Thankfully it doesn't look to bad.
She got a good taste of it with her hand and decided that it was okay to eat. A quick moment of enjoying the look of the cake before...
Trying to put the entire thing in her mouth all at once. Funny girl.
I gave her the cake with the pink coloring because I think it turned out the best with all of the little cakes that I had made. I'm just glad that she liked it so much.
The men enjoyed their cakes at the table together. Once we were finished eating it was time to open up gifts. Yeah, I really didn't think it through to give her the cake AFTER we open up presents but Sarah cleaned up well so it was okay.
1 comment:
cute traditions! what a sweet girl
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