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.

Absolute highlight of the week

Little Picasso finger painting.

Tiny vampire

This is what i get to see everyday. Smiling / laughing / giggling tiny vampire.

I'm really lucky.

Tah-Dah! You are 9 months old.

I am sad about seeing you grow up so fast but also really excited for the new things happening right now. You really know how to make us all laugh.

You dance to every song that's playing and dance even when we are in silence.

You wave every time someone says hi or goodbye.

You scream Mama or Papa when you are upset.

When someone asks you if you love them you shake your head saying no.

Greeting grandpa and dad everyday with excitement (cue heavy breathing, bouncing and moving arms up and down)

You laugh just to show your teeth because you know everyone thinks its adorable.

You like random T.V. commercials that have music on them and you stop doing whatever is keeping you busy at the time, open your little eyes and just stare.

Diaper change is starting to get really annoying for you. You'll kick and scream and turn around as soon as the pants are off.

You like drinking apple, pear and peach juice and refuse to have your formula during the day. Also, you like eating crackers, rice, bread, home made butternut squash soup courtesy of dear grandma, yogurt, and refuse to eat chicken or meat.

You still dislike bananas.

You are having a hard time with strangers and demand to be attached to my hipbone for the first 5 to 10 minutes.

You like our little dance parties.

Bath time with daddy is fun until you get out of the water and have to be dressed. Oh, the drama.

You went from sleeping all night to waking up 2 times. Thankfully you drink your bottle half asleep (You should get some sort of badge/price for that) and go right back to sleep.

You officially can't be left alone for more than 1.5 seconds.

My guess is that all that juice you have (8 ounces though out the morning + 4 in the afternoon + 2 around 4 or 5 pm) is making you hyper because you like laughing 24/7 and can't stay still.

You are curious about eyes and feet and tattoos.

You know how to take out the wipes and can't get enough of that.

Still HATE the doctor.

Love spending the weekends with daddy. 

Up to last week you showed no sings of wanting to crawl. Instead you just liked being standing up with grown-up's help and would get in a terrible mood if someone tried to sit you back down.

This week though, you are becoming better at pushing yourself forward and staying face down longer. 

You are more confident and curious.

When you get asked 'guess who is here' you understand that someone just arrived and look immediately to the door waiting for someone to show up.

You like Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn, Angelina Ballerina, Milly and Molly, Edward Shape and the magnetic zeroes (way too much if you ask me) and Sponge bob's credit song.

Still like mirrors and laugh staring at yourself when we pass by one.

So for all this reasons and much much more baby, we are proud of you and can't wait to see you grow up just as pretty as you are now.

Happy 9 months Baby A!

Food Fail

This food fail (Amelia's first attempt at solid food) is brought to you by: Clueless mom and i'm-not-eating-whatever-that-gross-looking-thing-is baby

ENJOY!

Loving naked time infront of a camera...

This little one is going to grow up to be a model, that's for sure. She loves the camera and if may I say so... the camera loves her. 

Cutie patootie enjoying no-clothes-hour at our place.

Oops! Someone is showing a little too much.

Photos all by: Polly Anne

Edit: Baby Amelia is now rolling over and turning by herself!!! Guess who's proud?
We love you little baby, and we can't wait to see the first time you do all this cute stuff.