Friday, July 31, 2009

Happy Birthday, Taylor!

We can't believe it's been a year since our Taylor was born! We wanted to celebrate this special time with our family and friends who have been so supportive of us this past year. We threw a "Puppy Party" for Tay, since she LOVES dogs. Here we are getting ready for the party...

Our appetizer was puppy chow on all the tables outside.

Assembling the "pupcakes"

All finished!

The little ones got puppy ears to wear throughout the party.

My mom made Tay a smocked puppy party dress... it was so sweet. She did an incredible job.

All decorated inside...

And outside...

The crew from Nashville...




Fun at the party...









We had a yummy dinner... Gus' fried chicken (so so good), mashed potatoes, green beans, biscuits, fruit salad, pasta salad, and of course, pupcakes and ice cream.

Taylor loved her smash cake... she started digging in before we could sing to her. We finally took it away when a huge chunk was missing...





Here we are on her actual birthday... she finally gets to face forward in her car seat!

Some of her favorite gifts included her shopping cart, red wagon, and bitty baby American girl doll stuff.


Birthday dinner out...

Mary took the pic below... it is one of my all-time favorites from this year. Happy Birthday, Tay-Tay... you are such a joy to us and we are so thankful for you.

9 comments:

Unknown said...

How Fun! I can't believe she is one either. What a cute idea for her party...may have to steal that idea:) You did a great job on the pupcakes.

Julie, Mitch, Chapman & Caroline said...

Oh, I wish we could have been there to celebrate with y'all. What a sweet girl and what looked like a fun birthday party. Hope to see you soon!

amber@This Mommy Cooks said...

Such a cute idea! Happy Birthday Taylor!

Claire Y said...

What a fun party! I can't believe she is one!! I know she is a joy and blessing! The pupcakes are adorable. She is growing cuter every day!

Anca said...

I'm so sad we missed it Kelly! Looks like you did an amazing job with everything. Taylor is adorable & I seriously cannot believe she is one already. Wow, time flies.

Callen and Michael Martin said...

This is the most adorable and creative birthday party!!!! I love it! Taylor is adorable!!! She looks so happy! Awe.

Shannon said...

Such a cute idea. That had to be the party of the year...pupcakes and all. :) Happy Birthday Taylor!

Michelle said...

So precious! Wish we could've been there! Hard to believe but Lilley Grace got the same red wagon for her 1st b-day!!! :)

Domestic Kate said...

You did such a fantastic job with all of the party - it was all too cute and so fun! I can't believe these summer babies are 1 now - time is flying by!