Your 1st Birthday!
Dear Ensley,
This is it! The BIG ONE! :) It was an amazing party and you were the perfect birthday girl.
The invitation!
We used one of my favorite pictures of all time taken when you were 6 months old.
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| My beautiful "sad clown." I just love your features in this picture and the fact that you hate that I made your hand messs by shoving it in the cake. :) |
I wanted to have pictures done for your birthday party to hang over the sink as decoration, so the week before, Liz came and took some pictures of you. I had been on Pinterest and found a bunch of samples of what I wanted your pictures to be. Unfortunately, you were NOT in the mood for the majority of the pictures. Perhaps it was because you missed your nap, and right when the pictures began I was trying to straighten your hairbow and get you to leave it in and I poked you right in the eye. That is the picture of you crying with Daddy. From that point on, you wanted none of it. Liz is amazing though and managed to get several fabulous smiles from you and the pictures came out perfect! You are so beautiful and I was so excited about your fishy onesie and matching hat. I am so glad we were able to get some good pictures of you in both because I forgot to put your hat on for your actual birthday party!! I made your tutu the night before the pictures and was so happy with the result. :)
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| Poor Bubbas! I poked you in the eye and you cried and cried. |
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| My happy girl! I love you clapping in this one! |
The Decorations:
I have to be honest, this party was so stressful. I am so sad that I didn't get a chance to enjoy it a bit more, but there was just so much I wanted to get done, and Nana was visiting, I was working, you needed playtime and fun with me, and our house was a mess! I tried to organize everything and finish all my crafts well before the party, but I just didn't have enough time for everything I wanted to do. Your party was Fish themed (of course). I saw some great ideas on Pinterest and then tried to come up with some of my own. The color scheme was orange and blue and Mimi found perfect polka dot wrapping paper to use as table runners. I also bought Chinese lanters to hang over the sink and made the big orange one a fish by gluing on a tail and eyes. For the tables, I made pinwheels with fish and "E" and #1 cutouts with sand filled vases along with your flowers and pictures. The pinwheels took the most time because I had to fold each one and glue them by hand. They were one of my most favorite decorations though!
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| Aren't they CUTE? |
I also made your little cake with the waves and fish cutouts. The #1 is just a regular, wax candle that I glittered and jeweled. I made the cake twice, once for your pictures and once for your party. There were cupcakes at the party and no one even ended up eating any of your cute, little cake!
The tables were so cute when they were all set up, but before the end of the party we had to take everything off because of the crazy wind!
The desert table was the real centerpiece. I made orange and blue chocolate dipped pretzels, cupcakes, and Mimi made adorable fish cookies that were a HUGE hit. There were also chocolate dipped marshmellows rolled in graham crackers with a fish and little pearl sprinkles that looked like bubbles. It was supposed to look like a little sea bed. They were just too cute. The deserts sat under your beautiful pictures and hanging lanterns. You really liked to look at all the bright, hanging decorations.
Our sign for the party was a little wodden circle that Daddy painted orange and I glued on a tail and eye to make a fish. There were blue polka dot balloons and a small sign at the bottom that said, "She's a Keeper!" When people walked in they saw the entrance sign that said, "Ensley's One" on the pinwheels with your pictures. I cut out and glittered the letters of your name, and Daddy spray painted the orange frames with your pictures inside. I love that you held the letters to spell out ONE. I can't take credit for the idea though, it was another Pinterest steal. The other picture is your month by month wall. I picked one of my favorite pictures of you from each month and clipped them to ribbon with clothes pins that have the number of the month on them.
The PARTY!
Once the party started, it was so much fun! You were THE BEST baby all day! You wore your tutu and bow like such a good girl. You loved the fish and #1 on your onsie and would look at it carefully and trace it with your finger. It was adorable. When guests finally arrived, you would toddle over to the door to greet people as they came in, smile, laugh, play! I seriously could not have asked for a better display of your fun, vivacious, lively, hilarious little personality. You were in love with the fact that all these people were at our house, and I really do think you knew it was all for you. You loved being the center of attention and were perfectly behaved all day. Even when you were ready for a nap toward the end of the party, you got a little fussy so I put you down and you slept right through everyone still being there. You clapped after people sang "Happy Birthday" and you even tried some of your cupcake. You were so dainty and cute doing it. You didn't want to get messy at all. Most of the people at the party were adults, but there were a few kids. The only babies your age were baby Dale and Joaquin Vasquez. You tried to play with Dale a little, but he couldn't walk yet and you were everywhere. The present you were the most excited about was the first one you got: your little pink bike from Jen Williamson and Porter. You squealed and clapped and got right on it. Since you couldn't reach the pedals (or pedal for that matter), we just kind of pushed you around on it. You LOVED it and still do. (We store it in the garage so you don't see it and want to ride it all the time. It's killer on Mommy and Daddy's backs.) I was so busy throughout the party I didn't get a chance to take many pictures at all! The few I have of you are from before everyone arrived. All in all, it was a wonderful day and I should have enjoyed the planning more instead of being so stressed because you were perfect and had an absolute blast.
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| Your special birthday outfit! The only thing missing is the tutu which you LOVED wearing! |
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| Love your bike!! |
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| Silly Uncle James y Pie posing with his present for you. He and Vanessa bought you a "Zaney Zoo" and they wrapped the package without any tape. Hehehe. |
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| Your loot! Look at all this stuff! You were one spoiled girl. |
I love you so much.
Love,
Mommy
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