You Are My Sunshine!

Every night when we lay Little Wisp down for bed we sing her 'You Are My Sunshine', so choosing the theme for her first birthday was a no brainer for me!

We go all out for 1st birthdays in this house.

After that, you get a birthday bbq with family and a friend birthday once you're school age!

The friend ones are usually at a fun play place, because I'd rather pay someone else to have to clean up after the kid tornado than do it myself.

I made the cake out of vanilla cake, raspberry filling, cream cheese frosting, oreos with icing for the sunflowers!

She loved the cake and smashed it real good!

She made a big 'ol mess and her maternal grandma helped me get her all cleaned up in the sink after!

It needed to be a team effort!

She opened gifts and loved all of the toys and books she received!

I loved all of the adorable outfits!

We had a PACKED house!

Her Foster family as well as her biological family and a whole bunch of friends showed up and showered her with love!

Thank you so much to everyone who gave her the gift of your presence.

It is so important to us that she know she is loved wherever she goes, and that she has a team of people looking out for her!

We appreciate everything that everyone has done for her more than you can imagine!

Here's to making her 2nd year on this earth the best year yet!

Also, a VERY BIG THANK YOU to my wonderful friend Delyse for taking these photos for us!

Check out her work at http://www.drbphotography3.com/

My First Nursery

Because of how our family grew, and where we lived at the times my first 3 girls were born, I never got the opportunity to put together a nursery for any of them individually!

It has been too much fun getting to put together a nursery for Little Wisp over this last year.

We were prepping our 5 bedroom home last spring to be sold that summer because we wanted to down size a bit to fit our family better!

Little did we know that bigger plans were in store for us!

5 bedrooms was EXACTLY what our family needed.

Funny how sometimes things "fall" into place in our lives in ways that we could have never expected!

Our community showed up BIG TIME for us as well when we announced we had added another little lady to our family (for an undetermined amount of time!).

Paul's wonderful co worker Janelle gifted us a crib and changing table.

We actually received 2 cribs!

The second was from our Cousins Mike and Casey, as well as an ergo baby carrier and those wonderful blankets hanging on the ladder!

We use the carrier ALL. THE. TIME.

Our friends/family Ashlee and Nate sent over a baby bath and diaper pale.

I purchased this ladder and the 'You Are My Sunshine' sign from a wonderful friend/client.

She does wonderful work and you can find her business on Instagram @twochixdiy

Our friends Kari and Scott (and Marley too!) gifted her this perfect shelf that matched her bed!

Gummy and Papa helped out with storage bins and helping me organize all of her clothing from Aunt Lacey and Aunt Taylor and Grandmas from all sides of her family!

We seriously could not have asked for more.

She is so very loved by so many wonderful people.

She really is a little sunshine wherever she goes.

Sandy Toes

 Just a little summer evening swinging and volleyball with friends!

Can't forget the dot dot smile dresses.

Only the twirliest dresses EVER.

 

Trying out some sand on her toes for the first time.

 

 Also, her mouth.

There's a first and last time for everything!

Although I'm sure this won't be her last time trying to eat sand!

Silly little girl.