ONE-derful!!



The birthday girl in her party dress.



Since Oak shared her actual birthday with her Aunt's wedding reception, we did her birthday party a week early.

I have had visions of what I have wanted for my children's first birthdays for years before we had kids. With Mac it ended up being a total flop. I won't go into it but I was very disappointed with the outcome.

 So I was going to make sure that I made it happen this time. I wanted her theme to be "Polka Dots!" Thanks to Pinterest and the blogging world I got some great ideas and for decorations and how I wanted her birthday cake. And we also had a crowd of at least 25 family and friends. It was perfect and so much fun!

And I was smart and asked someone else to take the pictures. SO glad I did, because they turned out awesome and I didn't have to worry about getting the perfect shot and just enjoy!

I couldn't believe that I was able to actually make her cake look better than I had envisioned it. I really loved how it turned out.

I really wanted to make her a party hat. And it also turned out better than I had envisioned it. And she kept it on!!

I put up my favorite picture that I took of her for each month.

Getting the party started!

Oak's friends:

Miss J

Miss S

My Aunt with one of my cousins sons.

Aunt L

My cousins little boys who turned one recently too.

My cousin P

Aunt J (who is now a married woman!)

All the fun!

We put the pool up and the kids had a ball. They also loved playing in the sand box.

Mac getting tickled

Don't you just love his farmers tan?

Mac diving!

Neighbor friend A

Oak LOVES to wear sunglasses. It is so cute!

Waiting patiently for me to feed her, when I kept getting distracted with hosting the party.

Finally some food in her belly, yummy watermelon!

This is our nieghbor and Miss J's (pictured a few pictures up) daddy.

Have I mentioned on here that Oak is a walker. She walks everywhere now. And on this day she started standing her self in the middle of the room.

Excited to party!

I want to frame this one of my babies and put it up on my wall.

Then on to presents! She was so spoiled...

And even though I look terrible, I am glad I remembered to get a family pic!