"Laughter is timeless Imagination has no age Dreams are forever" — Tinkerbell

As many of you know, I love a great party (Especially a theme party)... And our little girl's first birthday party was no different.  So it probably wont surprise you that i started planning it in August....

At first i was super stressed... what do you do for a 1 year old... what kind of favors do you give out.... and lets not forget the last minute news that she would be having surgery the day before.... 

Can we say stressed... I seriously felt like it was my wedding day all over. 

Yes i know that sounds a bit psychotic, but its true...

Lucky for me, my awesome cousin Natasha at Visible Dream Events, came to the rescue.  And after a few emails and throwing around ideas, we came up with a play on Peter Pan.  I wanted to have a fairy party that didn't leave out the boys, so we had a pirates and fairy party.

We were able to get adorable pirate and fairy costumes for the kids at a reasonable price.

 Well hey why stop there... my husband was inspired to make this the best 1st birthday anyone had ever been to, so he had a couple of surprises up his sleeve....

YEP!!!! A petting zoo, and a balloon lady!!!! I'm pretty sure the kids were in heaven.

Nini and Papa also hooked Lani up with an awesome cake from Mary Alexander Cakes...

 

Mary even made it so the top could come off, so Lani could have her own little red velvet cake!

 And judging by the pics, i think she loved it!

And lucky for us, one of Lani's godfathers and our best friend, are photographers, and got some great pics for us.  You may remember the 8 month shoot Amir did for us too. You should check out their work. 

Guess Who's One?!?!?!? (a few weeks late)

Lani's bday began around 1 am. She happened to wake up laughing and talking by chance so we had an impromptu sing song, and watched an episode of her favorite tv show 

the backyardigans!!!!

 after a little singing and dancing we all went back to bed. Later that morning Lani went to school for an awesome fruit party with her friends at daycare.  i thought about cupcakes but 8 babies hyped up on sugar.... probably not a good idea!!!

That afternoon, we arrived home to the cutest flowers from our east coast fam....

Lani was in-love with the teddy and carried him around the rest of the night. In fact we even took him with us to surgery the next day.

After hanging around the house for a bit, we headed to Sams to finish grocery shopping for the party... Lets just say between my mom, dad, and Sean, I'm pretty sure we purchased the entire store. 

There was food for days.....


TO SEE MORE OF THE PARTY STAY TUNED....

So whats new...
~Says kicken (chicken)
~drinking whole milk
~dances all the time
~throwing more fits
~6 teeth
~9-12 month clothes
~uses an inhailer
~allergic to dogs, outdoor allergies, blueberries, and orange juice
~got tubes
~eats mostly table food, but still has a milk bottle before bed
~snaps her fingers
~loves playing in her kitchen
~pushes her baby all over the place
~falls out on the floor when she has a fit
~has favorite songs on the radio

Lets Play Catch-up!!!!!!!

My last posts documented our Christmas Eve celebrations and nerves about Lani's tubes, but i never got around to posting about christmas day or Lani's awesome first birthday!!!

Christmas Day we woke up around 8 am and the 3 of us opened presents. 

As you can see she definitely enjoyed opening all the presents !!!

It was so special for us to get to share this special moment together.  After that we went to my parents house and spent the day hanging out with family and eating a ton of great food. 

Needless to say after all that eating, we called it a very early evening.

what a great way to spend lani's first christmas

stay tuned for the awesome bday post!!!!

A year ago... Happy Birthday Lani

A year ago today i wrote a post about a little girl who changed my life forever, and still today I feel just as in love as i did then.  The last 24 hours has been a bit bitter sweet.  It began with singing happy bday to Lani at 1 am and watching her dance and smile and laugh.  It was a great first birthday for my sweet baby.... but all night i've been a nervous crying wreck.  Thinking about this morning and her surgery (She's having tubes put in).... so as we get ready to the hospital, and she is still sleep, i'm trying to get all my tears out now.  I love this little doll baby so much and thank God everyday for putting her little feisty but in my life.

Langston's First Christmas Eve

We actually began our Christmas celebration in El Paso.  We arrived the Monday before Christmas and immediately went to town decorating the tree and bringing the north pole to the Harris/Davis/Woodard clan arrived, and the feasting began...
 
After hanging out and having some down time to catch up on our sleep, we headed out to Cattlemans steak house.  You may remember the excitement that surrounded our last trip to Cattlemans.  

  Well this time surely matched up.  not only did we get to hang out with all the family, we also found out some exciting news for the family....  

And no its not me... Cant tell you who just yet, but it will be coming soon!!!
 Needless to say we are very excited though for this family member and will be posting more as soon as i'm allowed to....

After Cattlemans we partied it up in El Paso, and Lani was even fortunate enough to meet her future father in law.... Daddy didnt think that was too funny, but the us moms are setting some thing into action... maybe some skype dates...lol


So after a very peaceful/late flight we arrived back at home just in time for Christmas.  Literally we got back at like 11:30.  The next morning we woke around 8:30 and opened presents with Lani...