We celebrated Rachel's First Birthday Party on Saturday January 8, 2011. Many of our family members came and celebrated with us and we greatly appreciate everyone being there! Between Matt and I we took a bunch of pictures and I promise to post some once we upload all of them, I just wanted to make sure I at least posted on the party while everything was still fresh in my head.
We had the party at Rachel's Grandma and Grandpa's house. I cannot say thank you enough to my parents for letting us have the party there and for all of the help they gave us with the preparations. We appreciate it so much! I am so happy that after months of planning everything came out nicely and pretty much how I pictured it in my head.
The day before the party, Friday, Rachel and I spent most of the day at my parents' working on decorating and setting up. My poor dad, the house was (tastefully) covered in varying shades of pink and purple and cupcakes around each corner! We also picked up the cake and it was perfect! We used Sweetheart Bakery which is the same bakery that did our wedding cake, bridal shower cake, baby shower cake, and my birthday cakes since I was little! It was beautiful, 2 tiers, pink and purple roses everywhere, and said "Happy 1st Birthday Rachel".
The actual party went great too. Rach took a good nap beforehand and was pretty happy and sociable most of the time, short of one fussy spot but after a quick diaper change she was back to her happy self again. For a one year old, Rach was pretty interested in the opening of the presents and she made out pretty well. She received a bunch of new toys and clothes from everyone, a brand new wagon from Aunt Katie and Uncle Jay, books, and a check from Grandma and Grandpa that has already been deposited into her College 529 Savings Account. Thank you again to everyone for being so generous! She also really liked getting to play with her cousin Chloe! I love that they get along so well.
When it was time for cake everyone gathered around Rach and we put the #1 candle on her personal cake and sang. Matt and I blew out the candle for her and then waited. Ever the delicate little lady she is, Rach just sat and eyed the cake at first. I had to put a little frosting on my finger and give it to her. After that she realized this was just a bigger version of the cupcake she had so enjoyed earlier in the week she began eating it on her own. She was so cute about it. She was very precise and not overly messy. I'm pretty sure she would have sat there and slowly but surely ate the frosting off all day. I did cut a piece of the side off so that she could get to the actual cake and not just eat frosting. She did great! I was fully prepared to have to give her a bath and change her clothes but all she needed was a good wiping down of her hands and face and she was good to go when she was done.
All in all I was very pleased with how everything turned out. It did go by too quickly and I was sad to say goodbye to everyone. I felt like I was so busy running around making sure everything was perfect that I didn't get to just chat with everyone as much as I wanted to but I guess that happens anytime you are the hostess. I hope that everyone else had a good time too and that one day Rachel will look back at photos from the party and see just how much Mommy and Daddy love her and how special we wanted her First Birthday Party to be.
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