Party pics...

Brace yourself! There are a LOT of pictures from the party...I just couldn't pick my favorites. Thank you SO much to Bri, who took the pictures for us! She did such a good job and it was so graet that I didn't have to think ONCE about picking up the camera to make sure we captured the memories.

She does a great job - you can see more of her pictures on her blog - click here.

The Wuollet's cupcakes - YUM!

Syrupy sweet punch I found on one of my favorite party blogs.

Pretty flowers for such a pretty birthday girl
Yummy rice krispie treats found here.

We didn't have any official activities, but there were kiddos present, so we brought along a few items to keep them busy.

The BIRTHDAY girl!!

I learned from a friend that both Kowalski's and Bylerly's give you a FREE cake for a child's first birthday - this one is from Kowalski's - how cute?!

The only problem with the cake? Sophia wouldn't eat it! There was so much build-up and then she wasn't into it at all! She loves all things green and healthy, and this doesn't fit, so she woulnd't go for it. We're wondering how she could be our child because we both LOVE cake!

Sophia walked (okay, crawled) away from the party with many great gifts - thanks to everyone who came and was so generous! We had so much fun celebrating with friends and family!

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Happy First Birthday Sophia!

Sophia's First Birthday party was yesterday at the Lyndale Park Rose Garden in Minneapolis. It was SO much fun. It was a blast to have so many friends and family come together to celebrate our darling girl! She was low on sleep and not feeling 100 percent, but she seemed to have a good time and enjoyed some sweets as well.

More pictures to come once we get the professional pics my friend Bri took yesterday!

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Sneak Peak: Tutu

Oh,

SO

Sweet!!

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Crunch Time!

Saturday morning I realized that Sophia's party was happening in a WEEK! I have spent so much time imagining what I want it to be like, but hadn't put a lot of those thoughts into action.

Today, I got to work!

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Need v. want...

I "need" something like this:

I'm sure you have an extra garden trellis just sitting in your garage waiting for me to pick it up, right?

I need one I can disassemble a bit - like saw in half...

Got one?

Let me know! I'm feeling creative, but I only have a week left...

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MIA

So, we moved on Saturday, which is the reason for the blogging absence. It went really well, fairly quickly and we are now working on settling in and getting out of our boxes, suitcases, etc.

I do NOT do well when a project is unfinished and this is the first time we have moved with a baby in tow. That means I can't just keep plugging away all hours of the day and night to get it done, like I usually would, especially because the girl wears me out!

SO, since I feel a little stressed about it, I just dream of Sophia's birthday party and pink cupcakes...

I wish I could say I was making the cupcakes for Soph's party, but I'm not going to. I LOVE to bake but there are too many other foods to make for it and because of a friend I'm getting all 36 cupcakes from Wuollet's bakery for about $5, instead of their original price of $45! Not bad, since it's my FAV place to get cake!

YUM!

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One Month from Wednesday

SO excited for Sophia's first birthday! My favorite part of having a birthday is being the princess for a day (just ask my family...), and I'm so excited for Sophia to be the princess that day! Really, though, who am I kidding - she's been the princess of our household all year!

Birthday thoughts are pretty much all consuming right now - I'm having so much fun. The pictures at the top of our blog are a few of many we took at the location of the party - we were trying to get one for the invitation.

I LOVE this idea for table decorations! One of my grandma's passed away last year and never got to meet Sophia. She had a teacup collection, so I think it would be a fun way to incorporate her into the day.

(From the Creative Hostess)

My other grandma, who can't travel, won't be able to come to her party, but I now have some of her crystal punch cups(similar to the one below), so I think I'm going to put flowers in these too. It will be fun to decorate with something pretty from each of the grandma's who can't be there to celebrate!

P.S. The little monkey took a step tonight!!! I was in the other room and missed it - SO sad - but I can't wait to see her doing it again soon!

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7.5 weeks and counting...

How cute is this cake??

Okay - so I MIGHT be a little bit birthday obsessed right now. And by "might" I mean that I am over-the-top, thinking about it too much. How much fun is it to have a first birthday party?! I have heard and read many times that the first birthday is really for the mom, and I'm taking that and running with it. So, I haven't figured it all out yet and I've thought of a few ways to have a crazy cute party without much $$, but you'll have to wait for the pictures in August. This is making me think I would have been VERY happy with a career in party planning. I'll just say that the picture above might be a hint at the theme. :)

Oh, and thank you Nealy for helping me fix my comment section - it's FINALLY working again. Feel free to show some love...

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