We started off the morning with singing Happy Birthday to Aria in her crib. She LOVED it! She probably doesn't know it's her birthday, but she knows something pretty cool was happening. She just kept looking back and forth from her to Kevin with a huge grin on her face.
We came in the house and Yaya and Pops and Auntie Baggy were waiting for the princess. Every time someone saw her and said Happy Birthday her face would light up! She had some yogurt and puffs for breakfast and watched Auntie Gabby finish her 5 birthday cakes (necessary for our 50 guests).
Her big party started at 2pm. Luckily she was all bathed and beautiful from the night before so all we needed was to put her red ladybug dress on and her polkadotty headband. Uncle Steven and Auntie Kira and Grandma Carol came over early to help create our shish-ka-bob feast while the Jensen family ran around doing last minute party preparations.
David was the first guest to arrive at 2:05pm. Aria showed off to him how she can walk. At about 230 the flood gates opened and one after another the guests poured in. Jeff, Robert, Jenna, Lindsay, Marianne, Tom…everyone came to celebrate my babes big day.
Aria was a little excited, probably because it's her birthday after all, so she did not take her nap at 12 or 1. She started to get a little grumpy at about 3pm so I took her out and got her to lay down. Thank goodness she fell asleep and in the middle of "the word's biggest 1st birthday" she took a solid 1.5 hour nap. It was nice to give mommy a little break. I was able to sit and chat with Jeff and Kira for a bit during this hiatus.
When the sweet baby angel woke up we were eating lunch/dinner. Uncle Billy BBQ fantastic shish-ka-bobs for hours. There was a huge potato salad (Yaya's recipe that Mommy made). Aunt Sue brought a large green salad and Cousin Kathryn brought a delicious fruit salad. We had chips and spinach dip made by Daddy. Aunt Aggie's toffee and MarMar brought her yummy blondie brownies. So much food for such a little girl :)
After feasting we set Aria up in her highchair, decorated and fit for a queen. We brought out her little ONE smash cake and everyone belted out Happy Birthday to her. She looked so so adorable sitting there taking it all in. Kevin and I blew out her candle for her at the end of the song. Aria didn't dig into the smash cake, there was no smashing, just delicate poking. I took her hand and gave it a little shove into the frosting which she didn't seem to mind. She had some tastes of the cake but in all was quite a lady about it.
After cake we opened tons of presents. She got lots of clothes and some cool toys including a red wagon from Uncle Steven!
The day ended perfect just as it began. She love our little one year old girl to pieces and can't wait for this next year.
Pictures and more to come ;)
Until next time, xo Rosie
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