We had the most amazing, better than I could have ever dreamed, first birthday for Gracie this past Saturday. It was nice that her actual birthday fell on a Saturday. We invited the family and loaded up and went to Pinnacle Mountain. Here is the birthday girl eating her birthday lunch, turkey and cheese.
I had a great time coordinating the "purple" party. Here are her cupcakes...yellow cake mix with homemade blackberry
butter cream icing. Yum!
The purple theme of the party was chosen because of our
hydrangeas, which were blooming when Gracie was born. As they started blooming this year, Gracie and I would walk out and look at them. I always called them her birthday flowers.
Gracie was not too thrilled with her birthday hat! Here she is with Mimi and Papa.
With Nana and Grandpa. And wrinkling her nose.
With Aunt Dana and Uncle Matt.
With Aunt Lizzy and Uncle David.
With mom and dad and Sabrina!
We begin to open presents......
Her first
baby doll!
And she absolutely loved her new clothes, especially this sundress. She held onto it the entire time we opened presents!
Always a favorite, a book!
Pretty in her purple party dress.
Opening her last gift....
A t-shirt with a special message!
We surprised our family with this gift. Gracie's gonna be a big sister come January!
The birthday girl was getting a little sleepy.....
And the much anticipated first cake! Gracie loved her cupcake. Video will follow soon.
Gracie was such a good little girl! She even managed a little nap at her party!
The funny ending to the party--Clay bought these little watermelons from Fresh Market and the first two he opened were terrible. He decided to chunk one over the ravine, but sure enough, as it broke open, he noticed how incredibly red it looked! He went over to take a taste, and of course it was the best one of the bunch! Oh well, a squirrel enjoyed a little birthday treat!
We had such a wonderful day celebrating Gracie. Thanks to all our family for coming in the midst of some super busy times and celebrating with us!
I had a great time coordinating the "purple" party. Here are her cupcakes...yellow cake mix with homemade blackberry butter cream icing. Yum!
The purple theme of the party was chosen because of our hydrangeas, which were blooming when Gracie was born. As they started blooming this year, Gracie and I would walk out and look at them. I always called them her birthday flowers.
Gracie was not too thrilled with her birthday hat! Here she is with Mimi and Papa.
With Nana and Grandpa. And wrinkling her nose.
With Aunt Dana and Uncle Matt.
With Aunt Lizzy and Uncle David.
With mom and dad and Sabrina!
We begin to open presents......
Her first baby doll!
And she absolutely loved her new clothes, especially this sundress. She held onto it the entire time we opened presents!
Always a favorite, a book!
Pretty in her purple party dress.
Opening her last gift.... 
A t-shirt with a special message! 
We surprised our family with this gift. Gracie's gonna be a big sister come January! 
The birthday girl was getting a little sleepy.....
Gracie was such a good little girl! She even managed a little nap at her party!
The funny ending to the party--Clay bought these little watermelons from Fresh Market and the first two he opened were terrible. He decided to chunk one over the ravine, but sure enough, as it broke open, he noticed how incredibly red it looked! He went over to take a taste, and of course it was the best one of the bunch! Oh well, a squirrel enjoyed a little birthday treat!
We had such a wonderful day celebrating Gracie. Thanks to all our family for coming in the midst of some super busy times and celebrating with us!
8 comments:
isn't it weird celebrating your baby's first birthday, knowing you have another one on the way!?
congratulations, glasgow family! we can't wait to meet your new little one! happy 1st birthday, gracie, our sweet play date friend!
looks like you all had a FABULOUS time!!! love the big sister shirt!
and way to waste a good watermelon, clay!
congrats, glasgows! we're so excited for you guys! looks like the party was lots of fun! sweet gracie, her last birthday as an only child.
Wow! Well, first off, what a special little party. Love the purple and that she has her own special birthday flower. Happy birthday sweet girl!! AND Congratulations you guys!!! My mouth dropped open with a big smile when I read that part. What a fun, creative way to tell your family! I'm sure the one (or 2??) on the way will be just as precious and wonderful!
And - love it that Sabrina joined in on the birthday fun. I'm sure she'll be excited to have another little brother or sister to chase around. And that frosting sounds delicious! Great job Jennifer!
Great bday party :) And congratulations on baby #2!
(Can you post the recipe for the butter cream frosting???) :)
happy 1st birthday gracie!!! looking forward to meeting glasgow baby #2. :)
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