One week
ago today my little lady baby turned one. She is one year old. How the fork did
that happen?!? My sister also turned 29 (again) so October 18th is a
doubly special day. Is doubly even a word? It is today.
Sidenote: there is a dilemma to your kid and sister having the same birthday… Facebook. I updated my status with the prerequisite cheesy mama love post and made a mental note to write a second post later that day with all the cheesy love for my sister but then I got busy with work, rushed to get home to decorate the cake, made dinner, smothered baby J with love, did bedtime, cleaned up, passed out early… so basically life happened and I forgot. Not an excuse and I feel bad. I promise to make it up to her next year. On her third 29th birthday.
For the big ONE birthday we obviously had
to celebrate so we planned a party on the weekend with family and friends, and
I also insisted on doing a smash cake. My friend and amazing photographer Kelly
did me a favour and suggested we do it in the morning and not during the party.
So smart. She also did me another huge favour and made the trip to our house
TWICE (30+ minutes each way) to take the photos and then to attend the party.
It was an amazing party. I didn’t do all
the decorating I wanted or make all the nibblies I had planned but it didn’t
matter. Our house was filled with family and friends and I think everyone had a
pretty great time, especially baby J who was loved on by everyone. I can’t wait
to tell her about it one day.
The smash cake was the most stressful part
for me. I ordered the onesie and the tutu, bought a little crown headband in
Palm Springs back in February that of course I lost, had grand plans to make
and decorate the cake thanks to Pinterest and sent my brother-in-law to wait
for the party store to open because I forgot about balloons the night before. I
baked the cake and chickened out on the decorating but thankfully my sister
stepped up and it turned out beautifully. And then Kelly arrived to take
pictures and when I saw them I literally caught my breath. I am in love with
them.
As you can tell baby J hated having the
cake all over her and wouldn’t even taste it. Not an icing fan.
That last one, that is my favourite
picture of her ever and I want it on all of the things. And a massively huge more-than-words-can-actually-say THANK YOU to Kelly for one of the best gifts we could have ever dreamed of during baby J's first year of life.
Happy Birthday little Lady, we love you to the moon and back.