Hannah's 1st Birthday Party

We decided to have Hannah's party the weekend before her birthday.  Party day (Saturday) started early. Trying to work around nap times, etc., I decided to have the party at 10am.  The night before, as I was thinking about everything we needed to do in the AM, I decided that maybe next time an afternoon party might be best.:)  Everything actually went beautifully though...we had lots of family willing to jump in and help with whatever!  

Here are a few pictures of some of the party decorations..

This picture is a little bit hard to see, but we hung up pictures of Hannah from each month of her life.  It was fun for everyone to see how much she's changed over the past year.  

Food table...

Smash cake! (More pictures of Hannah digging into this in the next post.)

My sister-in-law makes amazing cakes, and she had planned on making the big cake and the smash cake.  Alison and Stephen live in Wake Forest and they were going to be driving into town early Saturday morning.  On Thursday night Alison called to let us know that she had come down with a bad case of strep throat (she had a temp of 103, etc.)...so they wouldn't be able to come to the party and she wouldn't be able to make the cakes.  We, of course, totally understood!  

As soon as I got off the phone with Alison I started trying to think of a plan B.  I texted my good friend, Jennifer, who has lived in G'ville her whole life, and asked her if she knew of anyone that made cute children's cakes.  To make a long story short...Jennifer had a good friend that makes cakes, Lauren.  Lauren and Jennifer saved the day!!  Lauren made this adorable ladybug cake and had it delivered to us in less than 24 hours.  I can't say thank you enough!  This cake couldn't be any cuter...Lauren is definitely one talented lady.  

The back of the cake...

Family picture.  The girls don't look overly happy, but they really were having a good time.:)  

Opening presents...

Hannah got a swing from Bert and me for her birthday.  All the kids were pretty excited about it and took turns swinging!  

Roberts family photo...

We also had a bubbles station.  I think Hannah had already gone down for a nap at this point....all the excitement wore my baby out!  

Group picture!

It was a fun party!  Thanks so much to everyone for coming!  Carrie (Bert's sister) wins the award for coming the farthest distance....she flew in for the weekend from California.:) We had a great time and so enjoyed celebrating our Hannah!  Happy 1st Birthday, sweet girl!