i have a one year old

so i still feel like i'm in a fog of birthday mist.... i couldn't have done it without my family.. i am sad that they are leaving in the morning but happy they are leaving my little sister here for a while. i feel so blessed to have her come live with us this semester and spend time with sara. it's comforting to know that sara will be spending time with someone who will always be in her life and love her... anyway we are going to go through a bit of transition ... (new person in our house, new baby routines, schooling after a year and a mommy who hasn't left her baby for a whole day...) but i am very excited and happy with the new adventure that is unfolding... ok back to party stuff
i focused on yellow and white as our color scheme (can you tell?) with a bit of cupcake touches. i always debate when planning things like this as to how far i should take the whole theme/color scheme... but i decided that i hadn't done much for sara (no baby book, no big announcements...etc.) so i thought it would be nice to actually do all the things i think about. which in reality i still had to turn off my brain and the ideas that kept coming but i am so happy with the way it turned out and how fun it was to spent time with our friends and family.

the food table minus the burgers

first birthday bib

dessert and party favor table

more dessert/candy table

i wish i had taken a better before picture of sara's cake but i didn't... oh well... you can see it here in the middle- the huge cupcake... i found the mold here and at michael's ... it really wasn't that hard to make and sara loved it...

more pictures to come!

ps. i got placed for my student teaching at the school two blocks away! SO excited to get to walk to school and be close to home!