The celebrations begin!

Birthdays are too much fun to only celebrate for one day so...we are celebrating for a whole month! Yes! That is right - you only turn 1 - one time. We are having 2 birthday parties one in Corpus Christi and one in Tulsa and then a small celebration in Kansas City with my Gram. I never was going to be the mom to go nutty for birthdays - but I did, I liked it and I am not ashamed-bring on the next party! Lucy's actual birthday is August 21, but we thought she was going to be born on the 8th so we partied then, then her due date was the 13, so we will party then and her actual birthday is Aug 21 - so we will party then again! Lucy was blessed with lots of friends there to celebrate and a whole lot of fun! She wasn't too sure what to think of the whole eating the cake deal - she ate the frosting very slowly and then began to feed me the cake. I think she was confused because I never give her something that large to just go after. The cake and cupcakes were made by our good friend Katie Davis. Yes, that is right, we didn't order a cake from a bakery although it certainly looks like we did. Katie has never taken a class just has a passion for this. She is so talented and we were lucky to get to enjoy her talent. I promise the cake tasted just as great as it looked! The gifts were a blast too. Lucy loved opening them. Adam and I thought it was hard for the other kids to watch so we let everyone open a gift = mass confusion and craziness. It was nutty and not the best idea but fun fun fun! The first gift Lucy opened was a baby doll from Brooke, Michael and Connor. It was stuck in the box so we took it away so we could get it out and she went nuts - she loved loved loved it! Adam's parents got to come in town to celebrate and gave Lucy some adorable gifts. They spoiled her rotten and we all loved every minute of it! As they say, that's what grandparents are for! Check out the pink car they got her!!

Happy 1st Birthday Lucy spelled out in cupcakes

Getting to see her car the night before the party - she loved it and so did the other children!

Grandpa and Lucy - she thought it was super fun to dip her hand in his water. She is climbing on everything - this was the best picture I could get of her skirt - darn.

The cake and cupcakes - didn't Katie do AWESOME!

Lucy with Sawyer and Kingston - two of the cutest boys in the world! Check out Sawyer winking for the camera.

Kingston and Lucy exchanging a hug! This is after I caught Lucy with a handful of Chexmix

Lucy and Parker - 3 weeks apart and great buds! Parker dressed in pink for Lucy birthday! They are so dang cute together.

Our good friends the Milams with baby Connor. Connor just had his 6 months shots the day before and wasn't feeling the greatest but he was so sweet and such a snuggler!

Happy Birthday Lucy!

Digging into her cupcake - NO we did not let her go for the big cake - we aren't crazy we wanted to eat that!

Sharing her birthday cake with mommy!

Will crusin in Lucy's pink car! He was having a total ball! Will is so awesome and good with all the little kids. He was a champ at helping open the gifts and is so great at sharing. Opening gifts - we had so many helpful hands!

Connor enjoyed a ride on Homer - Grandpa and Grandma gave this to Lucy for Adam's office. A perfect toy to have at Dad's office at the baseball stadium.

Layne relaxing after a long party. This is one of Katies little girls. She was a dancing queen! She also was found in Adam and my bathroom sweeping the floor during the party. What a good helper!

Lucy and Grandma! Daisy is a great shopper, she got Lucy so many darling clothes. In this picture she is wearing a rinestone shirt that says birthday girl!

By the end of the party Lucy became a pro at drinking out of a juice box. She has never had juice in her life and on her party day she...I will just say A TON!

Thank you to all who came!