Somehow it seemed to me that my sweet little Ella would stay little forever, and here we are a whole year later. It goes so much faster with your second and I have learned to cherish my moments because they grow too fast. I was so excited for Ella's birthday party that I started planning it three months in advance, I spent days just figuring out how I wanted it to look, what theme I wanted to have, what i wanted Ella to wear, etc. And I just love the gold and pink colors paired together, it is super trendy right now and I knew I wanted to have it look good but not like everybody else's parties.
The way I made it one of a kind was doing a few DIY projects, like her chalkboard, the fringe streamers, and her outfit. This allowed me to make it just as I wanted and everything turned out perfect!
As for the day, just as with Boston's party I spent a good portion of the day before decorating and preparing food, decorations, cleaning, as we were having family in town to celebrate. And I kept at it through the night, call me crazy for putting so much time into a one year old's party but I am very much so a perfectionist and it had to meet my standards. Haha. And because of that I only got about three hours of sleep that night, but thankfully I had family who also helped with food prep and decorations.
We decided to have a medium lunch and a little candy buffet (of course in her colors) I was so excited to find a good deal on candy at Oriental Trading and the pinks, white, and gold displayed beautifully in the glass apothecary jars I had. Blake thought I was crazy to buy them when I did for Boston's party but I knew I would use them again, and I have been, as well as my food display dishes we got from our wedding. To go along with the pink I had mini cupcakes decorated with pink frosting in the shape of a rosette to match the cake! I was so happy to make the cake for Ella because it was just what I wanted, and I wouldn't have been able to make it that way without going to the cake decorating class I did!
Once everything was set up and ready to go we started, I didn't do much in the sense of games because I didn't really think of it but instead I put time into a video for Ella's first year. I wasn't expecting to cry because I was the one who made it but I did, and I guess my mom did too! It really makes stop and realize how fast time does go by!
I was surprised that Ella was not a fan of her cake, she started bawling when we brought it out for her and started singing "Happy Birthday", she would not have it! But then she started poking at it and eventually just dunked her whole face in it, and that is how she ate it! I am pretty sure she ate pretty much frosting, that cake was loaded with it...but she wasn't slowing down.
For Ella's presents we had a nice time letting her open up gifts from us and her grandparents who both traveled from Utah for her day. She got some new outfits, books, toys, and a piggy bank. She has only been on this earth for a year but man is she loved, we had a great time celebrating Ella and we are so glad to have her as part of our family.
Even though before the party it was chaos making sure everything was picture perfect it all ended too quickly, but we loved being able to spend time with family and most important have a fun party for Ella who is now a one-year old! She has gotten so big over just a year and loves to chase her brother around, now that she is getting better at walking, I can't imagine how big she will be in a year from now! Slow down baby girl, can't you just stay little forever!?
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