my lil cupcake

Today I dressed Mags up in her baker's attire. It hangs in the kitchen with my aprons and she always wants to play with it. She is just now getting into wearing the hat, so I had to snap a few pictures of course! She is her mama's girl and already loves baking!

She is officially a walker now. She walks more than she crawls, so I guess that means it's official. My "big" sweet girl!

Maybe she will surprise me with a cookie cake for my birthday on Thursday?! um.. only if her daddy helps!

Have a great day everyone!

party details

Party day! With all the crafting and preparation that I did for Maggie Claire's party, of course I would share all of the details with you!!

Here is her invitation made by the fabulous Traci over at punkinprints! She did the best job!!!!

{I cropped the bottom off because our address was on there}

I hung paper lanterns on the porch outside, and I had a couple of paper pinwheels too.

I made a ribbon wreath with a bag full of scrap ribbons that I had. It turned out so cute!

up close of the wreath

The kids corner at the party! On the left is the hairbow party favors that I made, and on the right is the pin the candle on the cupcake game. In the middle was bubbles for the boys.

hairbows for the girls :)

The cards said "Thank you for coming to my party! Love, Maggie Claire"

We served lemonade and sweet tea in pink cups with paper straws. The paper straws and the polka dot balloons came from The Polka Dot Market.

I made a paper pennant banner that said "happy birthday mags" to hang on the fence and it turned out so cute! I also made cupcake toppers for all the cupcakes with the same graphics.

I also ordered cupcake shaped cookies from my dear friend Anita. You should definitely check out Anita's sweets and treats! She does the best job and they are so yummy! I can't wait to have another party to order some more!!! {the stripes on them matched the paper straws}

The food table right before everyone dug in! :)

Here is the birthday party girl! Her outfit was so fun, I can't wait to put it on her again, she looks precious in it!!! Her outfit was from a local boutique in Charleston, but you can order it here.

We love you Maggie Claire!!!!

I would do a million parties for this baby girl!!!!!!

Cake time, she definitely enjoyed it!

She only stayed in my lap to open the first few presents, but she got lots of cute things and fun toys!

Thank you to everyone who came to her party! We enjoyed having you over at our house!

the perfect day

I wanted to tell you all about Maggie Claire's birthday. We had the best day celebrating her and just spending time with her :)

Here we are right before lunch. We went to Cane's and we ate yummy chicken, which is her favorite. I love how she has her hands folded in this picture. She is precious and she totally knew it was her birthday, she was acting so giddy!

Big girl, she is so proud drinking her milk in her sippy cup!

Enjoying lunch a little too much.... {notice the foot propped up}

After lunch we went and picked up Mimi Sherry from the airport. She had a lot of birthday surprises for the princess!

We hung out outside, {her favorite thing to do is go "side", which means outside}

Swinging with Mimi Sherry

Before we went to dinner, I gave her a ponytail. It was so cute!

She has the best time pushing her princess car around!

I still can't believe how fast this year has gone by. I think I only cried a couple of times that day realizing that my "baby" is growing up! We had the best day with her. It was perfect!

Happy 1st birthday Maggie Claire!

Maggie Claire, you are one!

One year ago today, I held you in my arms for the first time. I couldn't stop studying your sweet little face, your teeny tiny toes, and kissing those sweet chubby cheeks.

the most beautiful little girl I have ever seen, your sweet smile just melts my heart.

Your big blue eyes and wispy blonde hair are just as precious as can be

{I prayed for that blonde & blue when you were in the womb}

We ask you how old you are and you show us the number one on your sweet little finger...

...then you clap with excitement because that is what we do and it just reminds me of how smart you already are. You are so proud of yourself for doing it too.

you are very outgoing, talking to everyone you see in any store we are in. You tell them "hi", and it makes me giggle. praying for you to be just as excited to tell others about Jesus one day.

you are as fast as can be when crawling everywhere, especially when you are going for the stairs or we are chasing you. Then I remind you that mommy & daddy are always faster. :)

You could stay outside all day long, especially if swinging in the swing is involved.

your last favorite thing of the day to do is read your books. You have about 20 books on your bookshelf and you like to look at all of them. I hope you continue to love reading books forever!

I am so blessed to be your mommy and I love you more than you could ever know. But I just want you to always remember that God loves you even more!

I hope your birthday is so fun, and I also hope you enjoy your party!

Happy 1st birthday sweet mags.

xoxo

"This is the day that the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24

happy birthday mom!

Friday was my mom's birthday, and she had a painting party at a local place in mount pleasant called bottles and brushes! We had such a fun time and everyone's paintings turned out so good. I did mine as a nighttime look and my mom added Christmas lights to her painting to have as a Christmas decoration. Here are some pictures from the party! :)

I took pictures in between the different stages

It really was so easy, the teacher took everyone step by step to create their own masterpiece!

Jenny & Debbie

Penny {my mom} & Susan

Terri

Happy Birthday mom! I love you so much!!

{Everyone should be super jealous because I seriously have the best mom ever!}