First Birthday Parties Are Fun
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We celebrated sweet little Anna girl yesterday with a small gathering of family and a couple very special friends. It was just right. Thanks for all the well-wishes and happy birthday's yesterday.
Made her sweet little hat after downloading this digital hat pattern from Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs and reading this tutorial from Childhood 101. Totally a last minute thing and throughout the process I was so happy and thankful that I am a scrapbooker/crafter who has random supplies on hand (like extra fabric pieces and wonder under and trims).
The poms are from this wonderful etsy shop Pom Love. I love them and will be moving them into her room.
I found this ceramic number one at an antique store in the beginning of January - it made for a nice centerpiece with some white tulips.
And the birthday girl? She was so happy (even when she had decided that yesterday was a really good day not to take a nap until about 4pm). This shot of Chris and I each holding her hand while everyone sang Happy Birthday is probably my favorite.
She didn't dive into the cake like I thought she might (she's definitely a grabber) but enjoyed a few bits before she was ready to get out of the chair and go play.
Anna got a new chair for her birthday. A nice little match to the one that Simon has had and used since he was two or three (from Pottery Barn kids). I took this photo of the two of them the other day:
Lovely party. Lovely family & friends. Lovely sweet little girl.
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Happy Birthday to your beautiful Anna. What a great party. I love all the decorations. I can't believe she's already a year old.
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She has such wise expressions on her face all the time. She seems like an old soul! And she looks EXACTLY like you! :)
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Boy is she ever cute!
Absolutely love the photo of her smiling, holding on to Mama and Daddy's hands. Did you plan that or was it just spontaneous and a lucky catch for the photographer? Fabulous!!
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I love the birthday hat - so innocent and sweet. The co-chair (haha) pic will be your favorite when they are grown. I promise.
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First of all cute, cute, baby girl and cute son!I wanted to say that I watched an interview at Scrap in Style that featured you and your work. You mentioned that you would most likely have one child. I think what is great about that, to just go back to the word of the year, is that it is funny how a story changes. One mintue you think this is it and the next minute something or someone else is the next new "it." Thanks for the inspiration!
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Yep, our stories are constantly evolving :).
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Happy Birthday to Anna! Ali, it's so fun to see your children growing! Thank you for sharing the pics - they are adorable!
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She's 1!!!! HOW did that happen... I swear she was just born 2 months ago... wow... she is so adorable!! Beautiful family!
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Looking at her sweet face just makes me smile.
XXX
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Love it! and I do the same. :)
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What a beautiful family! And what a happy little girl!! I LOVE the dress she's wearing. And the pictures are beautiful. We have a lot of fuzzy 1 yr pics and I was so upset about that. Wonderful capture of such a special day. Love your site and thank you for sharing.
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fantastic cuteness! you have a beautiful family, and i hear ya with the scrap supplies, we have the same pink kitchen set from costco and after so many months of my girls playing hard with it the screws in the hinges were loose - could't find any gorilla glue, so shoved in some stampin up clear glue and it worked like a charm - too funny.
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Thanks for sharing these wonderful pictures Ali! A belated happy birthday to your little star and I can't wait to see the scrapbook pages of this happy day! Really looking forward to celebrating my niece's 1st birthday in May. Jo x
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Can't believe she's a year already! happy birthday Anna!
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what a beautiful little girl anna is! you have a beautiful family! i know simon is glad to have a little sister to take care of!
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she is totally adorable!!!! happy birthday sweet girl!
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Looks like it was a WONDERFUL CELEBRATION for your family! It is amazing to see how quickly they grow. Great pics! P.S. Love the little matching chairs; they are SO CUTE together.
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The first photograph (of Anna with her hat on) just makes my heart melt! SO beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
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SO sweet! What a little blessing. God Bless!
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such a lovely glimpse into your sweet life ali! anna is soooo adorable.
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