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.