Somehow my daughter has already gone from this...
to this...
a beautiful, determined, full-of-life 1 year old!
Here's how we celebrated with family and friends at our house yesterday:
The celebration started a few days earlier when Leyton and I began making goodies. Leyton was such a good helper making oreo cookie suckers dipped in white chocolate. He was quite the sprinkler!
My sister Lindsey came to my rescue as an excellent helper on Friday evening. We got started shopping and making even more goodies by 9a.m. Saturday morning. We made homemade caramel sauce, caramel corn, white cupcakes and carrote cake cupcakes, and a pennant banner than said "Happy Birthday Jada". After about 16 hours, we were finally finished with as much as we could finish before the party Sunday.
It didn't take long for this quiet, empty backyard...
to be turned into a yard full of fun people like this...
Jada got so many gifts! I think Leyton was more excited about opening them than Jada was, but she quickly figured out how fun it was when she realized what was inside all the wrapping and tissue paper.
Lindsey and I found this cupcake tower at Wal-Mart. It was originally black with a topper that said "Trick-or-Treat". We found the leaves at the Dollar Tree for $1, so Lindsey stapled them on to cover the Halloween decor. It turned out pretty well!
Of course, Jada loved the cupcake!
After everyone demolished a cupcake, we painted pumpkins!
At the end of the day, we were all exhausted.
We are very thankful for a beautiful, healthy little girl. We couldn't have asked for a better day to celebrate the first year of her life!
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