Grace's 1st Birthday Party!

This past Saturday, November 7th, we held Grace's first birthday party. It was a week early but we'll be in Chicago for her birthday so this was the weekend for the party. The party was at Puccini's, a local pizza place. We had a ladybug theme (see the invite above) and were joined by several of of family members and friends. Grace was surprisingly great through the whole party (she wanted to nap when we first got there so I thought it was going to be a disaster!). She loved her cake and put on quite the show for all of her guests. A big thank you to everyone who was able to join us and help us celebrate this big milestone!

Grace's ladybug cake (made by yours truly!)

Ladybug cupcakes (made by Grace's Grandma Applebee and mommy)

Ladybug birthday banner

Center pieces (These were supposed to have chocolate ladybug lollipops in them but unfortunately they got lost in the mail. Thankfully we were able to pull these together with the help of Rubia's Flower Market about 2 hours before the party!)

On the food table we put our digital frame and had a slide show of Grace's first year.

My BFF, Alexia, came from Chicago to help Grace celebrate!

Grandma and Grandpa Applebee

Grandma Williams

Grace LOVED the balloons!

Aunt Amy

Grandparents, GG and G2Pa, Aunt Amy, Uncle Greg, and Stacey

LaShara, Iris (a special guest all the way from the Netherlands!), Alexia, Abigail and Andy

Kristie, Ryan, Jenn, Mark and Porter

Joy, Rick, Caleb, Lynn, Ryan, Uncle Marcial, and Aunt Barb

Raven, George, Eileen, Vicky, and Kari

Opening birthday presents

Cake time!

Trying out the wagon for the blocks--after an outfit change!

Below is a video capturing some of the festivities!
(Thanks Uncle Greg for doing all the recording!)