We had Bella's first birthday party at our house in Appleton. I don't often host a party at my house. The only parties I have thrown have been Bella's dedication party and now her birthday party, and I have to admit that I don't do well with the planning and preparation. First of all I have never been great in the kitchen, so I always struggle with deciding the menu. I had to call my mom up two days before the party and ask her what side dishes I should have! Then comes the preparation...I get so stressed out about timing everything so it gets done at the right time. Even though it's not a huge party, I still get all flustered and forget things. Thank goodness I have a wonderful husband who is so willing to run to the store for last minute things that I forgot and who helps me with the food! My mom has so many parties at her house that she would think I'm ridiculous for getting frazzled by having a few people over :) I'm not sure I could ever pull off hosting a holiday gathering, so it's a good thing I didn't have to cook a turkey, make a pie, mash potatoes.....we kept it as simple as possible with a cookout!
On to more important things.....it was great to have family visit us! We ate, chatted, opened presents, and had cake.
Bella before opening her presents. Not sure about the nuk in her mouth. She never takes a nuk, but she found this one in the bottom of her toy box the other day and now she thinks she has to have it at random times now. She thinks it's funny.
Who doesn't open presents by sitting on them first?!?
Playing with her Noah's Ark set! She loves this toy, and I will forever be picking up little animals every night all around the house :)
"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to..."
She was getting a little tired by the time we had cake.
She loved the cake! It was followed by a fist full of ice cream too.
I can't believe my baby girl is ONE!
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