Happy Birthday Amelia Grace

Amelia's 1st birthday ended up being a 3 part celebration.  She got to celebrate 1st by smashing a cake photographed by the amazing Jamie Gellings one week before her birthday.  A sneak peek here and more can be found on Jamie's website.

The 2nd celebration ensued on her actual birthday (and Aunt Kelli's who she shares with) at Blanck's Supper club with Matt's family and some of my family.  Mom surprised us by coming for her actual birthday and then again 2 weeks later for her birthday party. 

The birthday girls at Blanck's

 

 

We opted to wait until two weeks after Amelia's birthday to host her "real" birthday party so we would have more time to get our house back in order and also allowed for my mom and Greg to be here on Mother's Day weekend to not only attend Amelia's party and celebrate but also spend Mother's Day with us. 

The weather was nice so we spent most of our time outside.  To be honest, I really held back quite a bit on the party planning.  I wasn't sure what to expect as far as the kitchen went and I was exhausted from all the dealings with the kitchen.  It worked out well that things were put back together for the most part by then though.

The cake was a last minute decision and made by a woman name Tina (cheap-$16 for Amelia's cake and yummy! Check out some of her work here at Tina's Tasty Cakes).  I was looking through Amelia's first birthday pictures and saw the picture of her giraffe and inspiration hit to use the giraffe for her cake and color scheme.  Otherwise there wasn't really a "theme" per say.  It all involved eating, socializing and having fun.     

Blowing kisses to her party guests

Amelia and Great Grandma Helen

  Happy 1st birthday to our beautiful, fun, happy and spunky baby girl!!