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"My soul hath been redeemed from the gall of bitterness and bonds of iniquity. I was in the darkest abyss; but now I behold the marvelous light of God. My soul was racked with eternal torment; but I am snatched, and my soul is pained no more"

This quote is actually getting me through the week.

Enough said.

Also, a big big shout out to my sister who is celebrating her birthday today. Thanks for being the best big sister and aunt in the world. We really miss you and love you and hope to see you soon.

<3

October Faves!

Big Birthday Bash

The top of the cake was made specially for Amelia. It is made from banana and has no sugar or eggs in it. And the bottom and cupcakes are apple and cinnamon. The lady who made the cake is kind of a baking goddess. She sure knows what she's doing. 

Amelia didn't want to sit by herself not even a second, she demanded to be carried around ALL the time.

"A" Shaped cookies. Yummm.

Cupcakes to complement the small cake.

My 2 favorite girls. My mom and my baby.

Table layout.

My dad and the tiny one.

Party details.

This right here almost melted my heart. Baby A took a nap before the party started... She looked so peaceful and calm.

 I kind of went with it and the result was a lot of things that didn't get photographed such as:

-Pink lemonade (Made by me and may I say it was a HUGE hit)

- Mini hamburguers and

- Yummi chocolate covered bananas with cherries.

<3

Birthday Party Inspiration

This past week we had the luck to see our baby girl turn one and throw her a big birthday bash in the company of all of out closest friends and family (even Amelia's aunt and cousin were there via skype and we loved it) and it was quite an event. I really wanted to make it special, but i wanted it to be more about the company of our loved ones and make it cozy and warm than about the decoration. It was a private celebration with about 27 of our closest friends and family (we have a big family).- 

I never really cared for baby birthday parties before and i will probably tone it down in the future but the first birthday seems to me like SUCH a milestone i felt like i needed to go all out with the celebration. I initially started looking through Pinterest for inspiration but then i got all excited with it and felt like everything i saw i wanted and some of these things were waaaaay out of my crafting skills. Then, I proceeded to look through my embarrassingly big pdf folder of freebies and printables i've gathered over the years and saved up for special occasions and ended up frustrated and overwhelmed with everything (after all this is the first time I planed a) a whole party by myself and b) a baby party. )

*Its not like a had to plan it out all by myself, I did have a lot of people who offered to help but i was really particular about the things i wanted and i kind of had it planned out in my head 6 months ago so i decided to do it all. At the end I accepted some help because I didn't have enough time.*

Mini rant: (If you are not interested you can go ahead and scroll down to de pretty birthday inspiration)

I got this close to just throwing the towel and quitting but i felt really bad to not give my baby a special celebration as i know she deserves. So i kept going and it was not always easy and   just happy times (Thanks to me and my jhsdfgjhds mood) and tears of frustration were shed (again by me) and now looking back I think it was worth every second of it all.

It really was a happy moment for all of us and I'm glad we did it and i am really proud of myself for being strong and being patient and I don't think I have to apologize for my not.so.great.mood  because sometimes dealing with people is hard and sometimes you don't want to do it but sometimes you just HAVE to. You can't make those people go away. but what you can do is make de best out of the situation.

Now, getting back to the pretty pictures...

I'll try my best to link to every single source but some I don't know where I got, it's been several years since I started saving pdfs and pictures in my computer and sometimes its hard to keep up. If you happen to know where any of this images are from I would greatly appreciate if you inform me so I can link to the proper source.

1. Mini burgers fom The Appetizer Store

2. Party printables found at Hostess With The Mostess

3. Icre Cream Balloons from ?

4. Yummi treats from Party Bliss

1. Cake from Beyondbeyond.com.uk

2. Cake from ?

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2. Invitations from Beautiful Ordinary Day

3. D.I.Y stamps made out of a potato

4. Cake from ?

Printable we used on the invites from my favorite blog to get free stuff from. Eat Drink Chic is AMAZING! There is practically everything you might need to print/make yourself/craft for a special occasion or a special someone.

And of course the always handy, already made, easy to put together bunting template.

I really do have a lot of other pdfs and links to share with you, but boyfriend just got home from work and Amelia woke up so thats my call. I'll be sure to share later.

Letters to Amelia: Tiny Baby

Amelia, remember when you where a teeny tiny baby?

You are all grown up now and just days away from your first birthday. WOAH.

I never thought I could be so lucky and so blessed as I am right now. Having a baby to take care of made me realize how much I was in need of something meaningful in my life. And there you came, quietly and so so beautiful to make out lives complete. Thank you for existing and for breathing and for being the amazing person that you are. You have taught me so much about life and my purpose here. I want to make you happy, so very happy every second of your existence and my heart is in so much pain when you cry and when your little body feels pain.

I don't ever want you to feel pain.

I love you

with every fiber of my being I love you so very much.

Happy way too early birthday baby.

Ps. Thank you boyfriend as well, you are and will always be my better half.

Olive juice.

;)