Following Fast

Party hardy baby ;-)

Kayders birthday party was fun. I felt like I had a full time job again for a few weeks there, planning, shopping, crafting, baking, decorating, packing, whew! It was so much fun though -- I love all that stuff (decor & crafting supplies) so it was so fun to shop for and actually have a reason!! ;-p

Our family picture.

Sadly these two are the only pics I got of her in her specially made 2 match dress (Made By: The AMAZING Valerie at My Hero Handbags) and bow (Made By: The SUPER talented Amy at Chloe Chic Bowtique). Both of these girls are seriously incredible. I sent them a pic of the invite I made and they went to town with their skills and both made their specialties better than I could have ever imagined!! (Thank you so much ladies!! Kayden got so many compliments! I will try to get more pics soon!)

The party went fast, and was hectic. I tried to stay mellow and just enjoy the moment. I hope everyone had a good time, once it was over I realized I felt like I saw no one .. I was a scatter-brain lol.

Kayden wasn't sure about her special cupcake again .. but we enjoyed watching her dig in a bit.

She had an absolute blast with the water again. She loves it!

All the little chickadees =)

Kayders and her BFF, Addy, having a race to the end =)

Dominic couldn't resist to try it out =)

And all the goodies. Home made everything pretty much. Dominic was such a helper, and did all the pretzles and I went to town on cupcakes, frosting, center piece flowers, "tissue puffs", and of course - all home made craft stuff - labels, toppers, etc =). I think it turned out pretty dang cute - for all being home-made and for being my first one =).

Thank you everyone for coming, and to those who were not able to make it, we missed you but understand =). Hope you can come next year!

Hope you loved your birthday punkin!! I love YOU! =) <3

-xo-

--Our Big 1 Year Old Birthday Girl--

Kayden turned O.N.E.!

First of all, I can't believe it. Second of all, I can't get over it.

.. But I won't even go into that because I could go on and on .. but she'll still be one, so we'll just get to it =).

Daddy was able to take the day off, so that was very fun and special!

We started off with some special snuggles and games in mommy & daddy's bed. She loves to play in our bed. We get a kick out of it too =). She's a riot!

My two lovebugs in blankies =).

HAHAHA!

We got going and took birthday girl to the zoo. We have passes, and haven't gone as much this summer as we have in the past years .. but have made it down there a few times. So far she pretty much was just happy she was outside and in her stroller, oblivious to where she was. This time, however, she seemed to have a blast! And so did we. We've been going to the Albuquerque Zoo for years, but they have never had giraffe feeding before. Just so happened that they had it that day, AND that we realized we were feeding them at exactly 12:13 -- the time Kayden was born! How cool is that?! =D We were very excited about it. All (week and) day we were saying, "Oh look, right now we were going to the hospital" (Wednesday lmao!) "Right now we were going into surgery" And then we realized that exactly one year later from when little Kayden was pulled from my tum-tum, she was feeding a giraffe all on her own! My how a year has changed things, and my how fast it has gone. I must admit though, feeding the giraffe's with my little family was a lot less painful then getting cut apart on a table.. ;-p

Happy Birthday Kayden Elizabeth!!!

Her little toofers =)

Our goal was to make her have the best day of her life so far. =D We were going to continue her day out, but after the zoo it was clear that she was ready for a nap. We were sure she would wake back up and we would go back out ... but we were wrong. She slept the whole day away and barely woke up at about 830 pm (I think only because she was hungry .. but still VERY tired). We gave her her first cupcake and she seemed excited for her very own sugar filled goodie, that she could make as big of a mess that she wanted to ... (this was seriously a first, and a treat .. we're not big on giving her a bunch of crap .. so we were excited to see her be pleased...)

However .. as soon as she had it all to her self .. it didn't seem so thrilling after all..

This poor girl was SO tired and grumpy .. and NOT in the mood for shenanigans!

But my trooper baby came around, as she often does, and realized that this was some fun stuff .. to at least play with..

Demolished! =)

Poor little thing was tired, and passed out to get rest for her party the next day. But I take that as a sign that she had a great day full of fun =)

Love you birthday girl - hope you had a wonderful birthday and I will try to make all of your birthdays wonderful! =) <3

My precious lovebug...

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I've had this feeling lately .. this indescribable feeling .. I search for words but I can't find the right ones.

I found this. Somebody read my mind.

Baby girl, you turned o*n*e, eleven days ago. And I can't even believe you're one already! But already -one and eleven days- ?! Pfft! Not fair.

I know you are going to grow up, regardless of my efforts to make time stop. And I am so excited to watch you learn and grow, watching you this far has been amazing. And I know that if I kept you little, I would miss so many things. But right now, there are just S.o.M.a.N.y. cute things that I love!!

I love the way you put your head on my shoulder and squish your little face into my neck. I love the way you crack up at my funny faces. Whether they are actually funny, or you're just doing it to float my boat, only you know sweet thang =). The way you run around like a monster, and crush your block boxes. The way you chase Dozer and laugh so hard. The way you push your lips up to your nose and make the funniest blowing noises. The way you 'blow kisses' - hand to face and blow out your nose! =D Your concentration face ... playing, eating, anything. The way you point out your little lips so preciously and focus so hard. The way you think you can crawl through the coffee table, but almost always get stuck. The way you take out every single VHS movie (not necessarily my favorite part lol) and then come to show me, so proudly, that you rescued the movie from that pesky case that you hate. The way you hug my legs and bury your head into them. The way that you'll always go shopping with me ... and be interested in anything that I'm willing to show you. =) The way you look up at me from your car seat, you have to look really far back, but as soon as you figure out which side I'm on you get the biggest smile. The way that now that you can walk, you love to follow me through out the house. The way that you love to wave to little kids, anywhere and everywhere we go. The way that you love to explore, and to be with other people, but most of all, how you will choose yourself to come over to me and climb into my lap =).

So many things, that I could never finish. So many things that I love, and hope I always remember the specific feeling.

I love you for always Kayder-tators! As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.

We've been reading this book, but I'll save that for another post. =)

♥ Play time with Auntie Kourt ♥

Kourtney came to hang out and help me out with some Krafts Galore stuff =) (Thanks Kourt!) Kayders had a blast!

-tickles & giggles-

Miss you already kourtbourt!! <3

Catching up.

These days it doesn't ever feel like I can catch up. I definitely can't catch up on pictures and I deffffinitely can never catch Kayden. This monkey is every where these days! Not a joke. E.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e!