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1-20-10

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Her First Birthday Party

only cried once on Sunday. It was at the precise moment that Claire was born a year ago. A flood of emotions finally hit me when my love reminded me of that moment... the first moment I saw her, the moment she was first handed to me... every sweet little moment and every HUGE feeling that came with those sweet sweet moments. And, now, Claire is starting the second year of her life... but before we went on with that fact, we celebrated her first year with a super fun party at Chris' parents' home outside Philadelphia. I worked pretty hard on all the decorations and details, so I am pretty pumped to share them with you. Happy viewing, friends!

... all the details... the cakes (yes plural- we had around 30 people there!)... the cookies... the napkin rings I made... the banners I made... the hanging picture cards of her monthly sessions... the flowers... and the fabulous hat that I found on etsy!

the "happy birthday" banner took me a while to make. i didn't love how the letters weren't super readable, but whatev... we are going to use this for years! i will HAVE to! ;-)

the invites...

okay, i LOVED this cookie idea my friend Kris had! She actually was the brains behind this and the cake decorations. she's amazing at those little confections! (my hands aren't steady enough to do something I can't erase).

yes, my friend Kris made all of those little details on the cake. love them!

opening presents was super fun now that she had Christmas as practice. ;-)

Claire clapping to thank everyone for the gifts! (my brother-in-law Tim took these two)

... and here comes the cake! she's not so thrilled in this image, but that is because she doesn't know what is coming to her. We held off sugar for the year (apart from fruit or the small amounts in non-sweet cereal)... so this was fun!

mmmm!

smashing ensues...

Aunt Bri joined from her dorm room via Skype! haha!

a "bossy" face to close. Happy Birthday, little love!