Last Summer/This Summer

Just a post to capture how much life changes in a year, between summer last year and summer this year. 

Mother's Day:

Fruit Picking: 

Beach:

Garden:

Grocery Shopping:

A Rose-Themed First Birthday Party + Dressing up a Lodge for a Party

Vivian's first birthday party was a huge success- so much fun! With over 100 guests, we had no choice but to host her party in a lodge. With my mom and mother-in-law handling the bulk of the food, I got to focus on the fun stuff: decorating: We had SO much help pulling this off and are beyond grateful for that, and for everyone who came, and for the generosity of all the gifts! Viv's had a lot of fun today with her new things!

Fabric for table runners. 

I used leftover fabric to make the two of us matching bows :) 

... and a matching bib. Gotta be prepared for the smash cake. 

Her outfit! The dress was a $4 garage sale find by my sister-in-law! And my sister had the perfect matching dress for me to borrow :) 

For about $10 (the cost of two cans of spray paint), we made this "one" sign out of cardboard. 

To display the monthly pictures I had taken of her throughout the past year, I wrapped tulle around a cardboard wreath base, then spray painted and glued on 12 clothespins in a clock formation. I used numbers 1-12 pink cut-outs to match the number month of the picture and hot-glued them onto the pins. I then chose six different sheets of rosy-hued paper (each sheet made two backgrounds) and cut backgrounds out for each picture. 

I set up an area for people to write Vivian a note for her birthday to put in her photo album. They could write it on a notecard, or on the chalkboard to photograph and send me the picture to print for her album. 

Here are some more pictures from her party:

My aunt and cousin made the beautifully decorated cupcakes and cookies! 

She was so delicate with the smash cake! 

Centerpieces were hydrangeas from our yard in mason jars, plus a gold balloon tied around the rim. 

First Birthday!

Our sweet Vivian Rose is 1! 

Ryan took the day off for Vivian's first birthday. In the afternoon, we went to the zoo and then later had dinner by the beach. After we ate, we let the birthday girl crawl.walk.dig.play in the sand. She had a blast! We took maternity photos at the beach just about a year ago, before we knew we were having a girl. So much has changed in a year and it's just so surreal that she's one.