BB IS ONE!

I'm back! I am now the mother of a one year old munchkin! The past week + some has been hectic, and after the party I just wanted to rest as much as possible. Lately I've been resting and trying to tidy up. I finally uploaded the birthday pictures online, sent the album out to friends and relatives, and am finally writing this birthday recap post. I'm a little too tired to write, so I'll keep it short. And by the way, Dave and I just watched Lost. SO GLAD it's back. It's such a good show.

We didn't do too much the day of BB's birthday. I picked up a pretty little cupcake at Whole Foods and we stuck a candle in it and sang to her. She definitely enjoyed eating it.
Here are some pictures of the decorations and favors I made. Many thanks to Dave for humoring me when we made the BB heart magnets (pictured below) at 3am the night before the party and to Georgie for all the helpful ideas! (Some of the pictures aren't that great because of the lighting. I'm now thinking I should've just turned the dimmers up...)

The "Happy 1st Birthday" banner. It turned out great but is hard to see in this picture.

Boo, nobody took a lollipop from this heart flower bouquet. I think it turned out pretty nice, though. Here's something funny:
If you click on this picture to see this picture in a larger size, you'll see that the cake reads "Happy Frist Birthday." This is what happens when you leave it all up to Chinatown. I was mortified when friends called it to my attention, but in the end it was funny...I guess... BB really loved eating it, though, so I figured I wouldn't yell at the illiterate (sorry, English-illiterate) baker.
It was so great to see family and friends we hadn't seen in a long time. I'm so thankful they made such an effort to come to the party and that everyone had a great time. Let me tell you, I don't really like being hostess at all. I like to relax at a party and I didn't do too much of that. It was all worth it since it was all for BB, but man was I tired after. So I'll end this post with some of my favorite pictures from the party. I had to squeeze a picture of my little sister Emma in because she's just so damn cute!