Harper's First Birthday Party!! {Part O n e}

I now present Harper's Pink + Gold, Princess, Tutu First Birthday Party!!!

Lol.

I am very happy with how it came together considering a tight budget and being held at my parents house and in the kitchen and dining room area. I only invited our closest friends and of course my parents and sister and her family so it was very intimate which was perfect for my shy girl. I of course put this pretty much all together day of (except for the DIY stuff) including going to Trader Joe's and Target to get a couple small finger foods (including mac and cheese bites, mini chicken tacos, and stuffed mushrooms) and some last minute things. I was stressed to the max and didn't have time to even get ready so I just threw on some jean shorts, THIS cute tank I picked up at Target in the girls section, threw my hair in a bun and wa la!! At least Harper looked like a little ballerina princess in her ruffle pettidress (similar) and her custom Jameson Monroe headband. 

The cake table.

I made the first birthday stats chalkboard myself on photoshop. I planned for these cupcakes to have yellow tissue paper coming out the top of the straws but I ran out of time. These were funfetti cupcakes with cotton candy frosting!

Harper and her monthly pictures.

We had sparkling lemonades and pink and white frosted animal crackers. 

Pink and Gold backdrop. I made the tassel garland. The Happy Birthday is a generic one from Target that I spray painted gold and the paper garland is also from Target.

I ordered this small cake from a local bakery plain and then just added the sprinkles myself and found the glitter 1 at walmart. 

These tiara hair combs were also found at Target in the party favor bin for $2 dollars for four! I also added the sparkly gold onto the clear cake stand from Party City by just painting the underneath with gold sparkle nail polish. Genious right?!

Made a mini tutu for her high chair and the ONE with pipe cleaners and spray painted them gold.

I am very proud of my tassel garland! It took me a few weeks every night to make this but it was well worth it!

For my parents kitchen not matching the theme AT ALL, I think it turned out pretty damn good ;)

And of course I just hung a tutu on a pretty hanger for a cute added touch.

I hope you enjoyed Harper's First Birthday Party!!!!

  

Harper Jane Turns ONE!!!!!

HARPER JANE IS ONE!!!

I cannot believe it. My tiny 6 pound baby is now a ONE year old twenty pound hunk of amazing-ness!

This has been the best year of my life and every day since the day of her birth just gets better and better. I really could not have asked/imagined a more perfect baby! She is beautiful, smart, sweet, perfect, everything!

Harper Girl, thank you for choosing me to be your Mommy. You are the light of my life and my pride & joy. You are my best friend, mini me, soul mate. I love you more every day which I don't know how that is even possible because my heart just explodes with exceeding amounts of love for you every second of the day. You will be my baby forever and you will always hold a special place in my heart because you made me a Mommy. Thank you for the best year of my life and I am so excited to watch you grow into the most amazing/adorable little person I have ever laid eyes on. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU MY LOVE.

I made this First Birthday sign to simplify YOU in to one sweet package (exactly like you my love).

I hope you had a great first birthday dolly. We woke up and you ran through pink balloons to your new shopping cart filled with goodies and Grandma and Grandpa sung you Happy Birthday and you looked at them like they were crazy! ;)

You then ate your powdered sugar donut cake and I think you liked it! You pretty much like anything sweet though! The hat would not stay on your head and all you wanted to do was eat the candles... Lovely HJ! Silly girl!

We had to go babysit for a couple hours but when we came back home we of course had to go take some one year old big girl pics outside!

{Dress} {Crochet Crown} {Shoes}

Then we went to dinner with cousin Bri and Traegan. We wish Daddy could have come but he had to work. It's ok though because we are going to celebrate on Friday when we all have a day off together!!

I love you to the moon back my princess. I hope you had the best first birthday and I cant wait to celebrate the rest of this week and next weekend at your party!!!!

Happy Birthday EVE!!!

  Today is Harper's Birthday EVE. I cant believe it. I will probably say that a hundred times but I really cant... Funny silly story; I was watching TV a couple days ago and the commercial for the hospital that Harper was born at came on and it shows a lady walking in pregnant, her in the labor room, and then with her doctors, and then with her baby and I always get sentimental when I see this commercial just remembering back to the best days of my life but this time Harper was sleeping on me and I was watching it and just started bawling. It was just so surreal that I had just brought my baby home from that very same place and how could it have already been a year ago?!? I know it's a silly story but I'm sure you mama's can understand the emotion. Anyways on to Harp's birthday EVE. This morning I made muffins (and slightly burnt them of course) so that we could have a little muffin cake!

What is this Mom??

For Me??

Ok, I'll eat it!

The rest of the day we are just going to be lazy and Mommy has to do some last minute shopping (of course). I just want to be in the moment and savor every moment of my baby.