Party time!

Farrah's first birthday party was a success. We were on a budget so I made almost everything myself and tried to keep it low key. I mean she's one... come on. No need to go overboard when she won't remember it the next day let alone 10 years from now. Just good food and friends and family. Doesn't get much better than that anyways.

Here are the invitations. I made them myself using My Digital Studio. I definitely wanted her picture on it and also wanted to incorporate the bumblebee theme so I loved that I was able to design them exactly how I wanted them.

And the party begins. Starting off with a pout.

I used one of those big cupcake molds to make a bee hive cake that was just for Farrah to dig into.

And then I made bumblebee cupcakes for everyone else to enjoy. They were pretty tasty.

I tried to make bumblebee cookies for the favors but that didn't turn out so well. Last minute switch to candies in the color scheme.

2 of my best friends and I. So grateful for them!

Farrah chowing down on some banana before her cake. I love this picture!

My sister with Farrah and I.

If Abe and I were in this pic we could've all just sent out a communal Christmas card. Maybe next year.

Opening her gifts. Of course she loved the books.

She got her first Jack-in-the-box. She doesn't flinch when it pops open but I do every time and I know it's coming.

Bringing the birthday girl her cake.

Of course she immediately reaches for it. This girl smells food from a mile away.

Not shy at all. She dug right in.

The after shot.

Hahahaha. This picture cracks me up. Looks like the sugar high is already kicking in.

After a much needed bath she played with her new toys. This one was a big hit. Thanks Auntie Tina and Uncle Anthony!

The best family shot we got. We all look exhausted. We were.

Hair in the face but loving her new toys.

So happy to have given her the best celebration we could. I can't wait to see what the next year will bring. She is such a joy.

12 month photo shoot

When I look at these pictures all I can see is a little girl and not my little baby anymore. She looks so big. It's a strange combination of being excited to see her become a little lady and be able to see all of the milestones that will be coming along very soon, and wanting to hold on to every little "baby" thing I can. Her party went great. Pics from that will be coming soon.

Sweet little one year old

I can't believe exactly one year ago... well almost one year ago (about an hour and 15 mins to go) Little Miss Farrah came into our lives. I remember every single thing from the first contraction I felt to the moment they handed her to me for the first time. I really just can't believe it's been a year. And yet, I can't imagine a time when we didn't have her and know everything about her.
She is the best thing that has ever happened to us. Although it definitely isn't always easy, thank you Farrah for bringing pure joy to my life.
I'm a little behind on pictures. These are from our trip to LA for the week of Thanksgiving. Overall she did great, although I learned there is a big difference between taking a 4 month old on a road trip and a almost 1 year old on a road trip... big difference!!!!
Her party is this weekend. We're doing a bumblebee theme. I'll have lots of post to pics next week including her 12 month pics.

Finally... Halloween pics

Our cutie was a bumblebee princess (whatever that is.) We were also given a costume from a friend after we had already purchased one for our little bumblebee princess so we put her in both and took pics.

I'm working on planning her first birthday as we speak. I can't believe it's almost here. Hopefully between now and then I'll be more inspired to blog ;) If not, you'll definitely hear from me after her party.

Yes... I am alive

I can't believe it's been over a month since my last post. I apologize for those of you that needed your Farrah fix. Things have been so crazy here. Since our old computer crashed, we had someone we know trying to fix it for a while but she couldn't. There went all of our pictures for Farrah. Luckily I put so many of them on the baby blog and facebook, but I know there are still some that got away which makes me sad. We now have another computer that was given to us by the friend who tried to fix the other one. It's old but hey it's free and it works!!! So hopefully we can get by with this one until we have it in our budget for a new one.
In other news... My bfff and her bf have moved in with us! I'm so excited! And she's a major reason why I finally got around to updating my blog because she's been hounding me about it (heart ya!) They were living in Cali but moved to Arkansas for jobs and are now back in Cali. He has a job and she's in the process of finding one. It's been super nice to have extra eyes on Farrah and someone to watch her so I can take a shower (showers have become more frequent since they moved in ;) or get some work done. I'm sure it's a rude awakening into the life of a parent. Best birth control I can think of is to move in with someone with a baby ;) Farrah has had several nights that she woke up crying and we would go in and get her because we didn't want her to wake them up, but we soon realized that was creating a bad habit for her so we had to let her cry it out so she didn't think she could just cry in the middle of the night and we would come play with her. I'm surprised they're still here and not running for the hills by now.
I will have to post Halloween pics in a separate post because we took so many but for now enjoy our 11 month old little princess... Yes I said 11 months! In less than a month we will be celebrating her first birthday. I can't believe it's been a year!