1 Year Milestone

My little girl turned 1 on Saturday, she's getting big but still so tiny. She's still my baby & I suppose she {and my other child(ren)} always will be. I am so proud of her. She is walking around all over the place, drinking from a sip cup & enjoying eating more foods. Her smile & laugh is contagious and she gives the sweetest kisses {by request even!}. She says "dada, momma & bubu" and starting to mimic other words & sounds. She has so much fun playing with her big brother & I can already see how much they love each other.

So since her birthday fell on a Saturday I had her party the same day. I stayed up late cleaning the night before {easier to do when kids are in bed} and baked cupcakes & decorated that morning. I would have baked the night before as well but realized last minute I didn't have liners. In case you were misinformed, I'm not a baker/baked goods decorator and really not much of a cook either. Anyways, the decorations looked really cute {if I do say so myself} and the cupcakes even came out great! I've learned from past birthdays that keeping it simple is key for me, attempting to learn to make flowers with petals and/or write legibly with frosting last minute. The BEST part of the day was that my hubby called and was able to tell his daughter happy birthday! I was so excited. My excitement was quickly rained on when only 1 guest of 4 who RSVP'd showed up. It was still fun just disappointing. Lydia looked adorable in her party dress that had a little poof to it, wore her tiara just about the whole time {I was SO surprised!} and she had fun eating cupcake and playing with the balloons and her new toys. I was looking forward to having other little girls over for her to play with but I can wait until next year. We are having another party for her at my parent's house when I go on vacation so that will be fun as well. Here's a quick {blurry} look at her party.


The week leading up to her birthday was very emotional. When a milestone hits I think back to what has happened up to this point. There have been a lot of exciting things like my sister getting married & now expecting a baby, my best friend bought a house, my marriage came out of hard times - stronger than ever and my husband started an exciting new career. But there have also been a lot of sad/hard events. I'm further away from family than I ever have been, my husband is further away from me for the longest amount of time and I've lost my mom. So the party not going as I had hoped made me miss my husband, 'home' and my mom even more. Thanks for stopping by, I hope to be blogging {including reading your blogs} more this week.

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