libby's first birthday party

on libby's birthday, nov. 19th, we had a nice little party for her. the theme was one year in a flash, so it gave me an excuse to display lots of pictures from this special first year. here's the front of the invites i made:

we had the party in the morning, at 10, since that's when libby is the happiest. we had a brunch meal of mini quiche, pasta salad, and fruit kabobs with dip.

there were cupcakes for the kids and muffins for the adults

i made some photo confetti using one of the most exciting things i've purchased this year: a 2-inch circle punch.

and there was plenty of juice and coffee.

now finally, here is the birthday girl!

and a family picture...

to help hannah feel more included i told her she could invite a friend from school. of course i knew she would want to invite her very best friends, hope and nicole. she was THRILLED that they were there.

they played and played and ran around in the back yard.

libby ate cake.

she started with a gentle touch of the icing.

she tested it out while sister happily licked icing off the spatula.

but she decided pretty quickly that she was done. she didn't like the way the icing felt on her fingers.

she looooved when the big girls helped her open her presents.

it was a wonderful party, and we all had so much fun. it was the perfect celebration of her first year, if i do say so myself. i love this girl so much.