For Leila's birthday party, Jared and I decided to have a family-only shindig. Luckily, just with our local family, we had 21 people there! And yes, I know how blessed I am to be surrounded by so many people I love! I am a pretty low-key party thrower. I like it easy and simple because otherwise I get really stressed and overwhelmed and all of the fun of a party gets sucked out. So we had family over for hamburgers, hot dogs, salads and soda. What more do you need, right?
Before the party, I did a little photoshoot of the birthday girl in her cute little dress.
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| Christian giving her a "hug" |
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| Trying to eat her birthday bracelet. |
I didn't get any pictures of dinner, but here we are opening a few presents. She got cute outfits, shoes and some books!
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| I don't think that outfit will fit you brother... |
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| Dad and sister |
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| Leila just wanted to eat the paper. No surprise there. |
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| Her new favorite toys! |
After gifts, we did the customary birthday cake for the birthday girl!
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| Daddy "Helping" put her hand into the cake |
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| And she tastes it! |
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| Still not sure... |
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| A little encouragement from Aunt Jamie! |
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| Oh! But she hates the messy fingers! |
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| And a belly-laugh from Jared! |
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| She leaves the cake behind to crawl around the table! |
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| Oooooh, but a spoon is brought to her. Now we're talking! |
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| She starts to dig in |
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| But NOTHING makes her happier than watermelon! |
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| Well, except a fork in one hand and a spoon in the other! |
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| Mmmmmmmmm! |
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| Messy fave. |
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| And the classic "ugly-pretty" pose |
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| The aftermath |
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Thank you to my family for coming and help her celebrate her first birthday!
First off I can NOT believe she is already a year old and 2nd off you cannot tell that Christian and Leila are related haha! They are so cute!! Seems like such an awesome low key party :) Just the kind I like! Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteThat fourth one up from the bottom is my FAV! I love low key family parties. Way to go, mom :)
ReplyDeleteHaha! Oh my gosh, isn't that face horrifying? She is so cute, but geez louise you wouldn't know it sometimes! Lol
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