Kylie's 1st Birthday Party

Kylie's birthday party was a big hit! The day was beautiful and our little girl had lots of fun. I was so happy to see all my hard work come together. I have to give a huge THANK YOU to my parents, not only for offering to host the party at their home but also for all their help leading up to the big day. Also my very understanding husband, who pretty much let me do whatever I wanted, knowing this day was most important to me. Just wait until she gets married =), I may have to hide the credit card bills then. Thank you everyone who came, for those who were unable to make it, we missed you. We are so blessed with great friends and family, all who clearly love our little girl very much.

I guess posting pictures of Kylie's birthday party a month later isn't too bad. Kylie received so many wonderful presents on her birthday, one in particular will help me save the memories of the day for Kylie to keep forever. My good friend Brooke bought Kylie a scrapbook to preserve all the memories for her big day. I found a website where I was able to create digital scrapbook pages. Scrapblog.com is wonderful! I was able to work on the scrapbook when I had a free moment without having to clear a table to work on. Here are some of the pages that I've completed. I may add a few more later.

Here are the pictures from the big party. Thank you everyone who sent me your pictures.

Happy Birthday Kylie Bug!

Kylie standing while watching TV and "dancing"

Tonight at 6:13p.m. Kylie Marie will be 1 year old. Today Steven and I took her to get a hand and footprint mold taken, she also had one taken at the hospital after she was born, we should get it in a few weeks. Right now Kylie is napping, once she wakes up we are going to take her to Tom's Farms where we can all enjoy lunch. I know she won't remember today but I always want her to know that her birthday is a very special day.

The time has gone by so fast but I wouldn't change a second if it. Instead of being sad that I will never have the moments from the first year with her again, I feel blessed that I had those moments and look forward to all the new moments I get to see her experience. There is one emotion that I really didn't expect to feel so strongly when Kylie was born was feeling so territorial over her. I've done my best to share her with everyone, but at the end of the day, I carried her for 9 months, she is a part of me and I don't like when people try to tell me what to do with my daughter. I hope in time they will learn, but I guess it doesn't matter since Steven and I are the final say in all things Kylie related.

I love to think that Steven and I have done a great job with Kylie this year, of course she has been such an easy baby, I hope we can keep this good momentum up. Her big birthday party bash is tomorrow! I can only hope that with all my planning everything with turn out great. I will post pictures and hopefully some video of the big day.

Happy Birthday Kylie! We LOVE you!

Invitations

Today I finally mailed Kylie's birthday invitations. Months and months ago when I started planning Kylie's first birthday I was determined to find the perfect theme for her. Of course the theme I was dead set on and could picture in my mind did not exist. I did find another theme that I am very happy with, however, I did not like the invitations. After spending quite a bit of time looking for alternatives I had a thought, I'd make them myself. I could not be happier with the outcome and I was able to mail invitations out that I was truly proud of.

While making the invitations I found that I had a true passion for creating unique invitations. With Steven's encouragement I decided to start my own customizable invitation "shop" called, Blush and Bashful Studio. I started the shop on a website that is a marketplace for people who handmake products http://www.etsy.com/. I fell in love with Etsy since Kylie was born and have found many wonderful handmade items that I could not find anywhere else (including her birthday outfit). The name Blush and Bashful Studio comes from one of my all time FAVORITE movies Steel Magnolias, it really is too hard to explain so if you haven't seen the movie I suggest you rent it immediately!

I'm trying to be as patient as possible while waiting for orders to start with my new business. Please, if you or anyone you know is looking for invitations please direct them to my shop. I have some samples up but I would love to speak to you and create something very special.

Please visit my shop! I also have a link to it on the side ------->

Kylie's invitations

Kylie's First Birthday!