Lillie and the big ONE

Lillie's first birthday has come and gone and numerous people have asked me when I'm going to update my blog. Never! Leave it to me to have the opposite reaction one would expect, but I see my sweet little darling baby growing up right before my eyes and it's hard to handle. I know, I know. You older, wiser parents are thinking I'd better get a grip now because I have plenty more years of this left. But I can't!

Anyway, one thing I can say is that we had a grand ole time celebrating and I really enjoyed the planning process. For a short time, I resisted that little bug in my ear telling me to go crazy with Independence Day decorations because, after all, Lillie shares her birth date with America. But I wanted to give her a fun, girly, pink party. Then I went to Michael's to see what they had on the shelves and it was all over from there. My baby doesn't have an independent streak in her for no reason. She's a firecracker after all!


Her first doll and she kissed her right away. Makes a mama want to cry!



A tea set for a little lady



A new set of wheels



Ready to par-tay...



Friends!



Uh oh, a boy



I really enjoyed making her cake to dig into



One taste...



and she was done with it.


Happy first birthday to our Lillie!