HALLE'S 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY!

AFTER MANY DAYS OF PLANNING HALLE'S PARTY, LIKE ANY FIRST TIME MOM, YOU WANT IT TO GO PERFECT, AS IF SHE WILL REMEMBER, RIGHT? WELL, I WILL! I WANTED TO GO WITH A LADYBUG THEME, KNOWING IT WAS NOVEMBER THAT WAS NOT A VERY GOOD IDEA. HOWEVER, I THINK WE PULLED IT OFF. I DID HOMEMADE LADYBUG INVITATIONS AND THANK-YOU CARDS, I ALSO MADE LADYBUG CUPCAKES, AND HALLE HER OWN LITTLE LADYBUG CAKE-THANK YOU AUNT NIKI FOR HELPING US WITH THESE-I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT ALL BY MYSELF. (WE LOVE YOU!) WE STARTED THE DAY BY LETTING HALLE LOUNGE IN HER COMFIES FOR A BIT FOLLOWED BY A HOMEMADE WAFFLE FOR BREAKFAST WITH MILK. SHE ATE IT UP, THE WAFFLES WERE COURTESY FROM HER DAD-WHO EVEN GROUND THE WHEAT THAT WAS IN THEM! THEN WE WENT AND PICKED UP HER BALLOON BOUQUET AND SOME ICE CREAM-WHICH WE FORGOT TO EVEN GET OUT OF THE FREEZER FOR THE PARTY-OOPS! THEN JARED WAS TO WORK UNTIL NOON BUT SOMEHOW GRANDMA BERNT AND BRAD WORKED IT OUT SO HE DIDN'T HAVE TOO. (THANKS GUYS THAT WAS GREAT! THE REST OF THE DAY WAS ABOUT HALLE.. FIRST, WE TOOK HER TO GET HER FIRST HAPPY MEAL WHICH CONSISTED OF CHICKEN NUGGETS, APPLES, AND MILK..AND JARED AND I GOT SOME LUNCH AND WENT TO PEANUT PARK FOR A PICNIC. FOR NOVEMBER, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND HALLE ENJOYED IT THOROUGHLY. I HAVE TO THANK MY FRIEND HEATHER FOR THE HAPPY MEAL IDEA, SHE DID IT WITH HER SON ON THE 12TH FOR HIS 1ST BDAY AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A CUTE IDEA!!!

HERE IS HALLE ENJOYING HER MCNUGGETS. YES, THEY ARE COVERED IN LEAVES AND SHE IS ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT OF IT!

CHEESER!~ SHE IS SO HAPPY TO BE OUTSIDE AT THE PARK-SHE REALLY DID HAVE A LOT OF FUN!

AFTER HER PICNIC SHE WAS EXHAUSTED. WE BROUGHT HER HOME AND PLAYED WITH SOME OF HER NEW TOYS AND THEN PUT HER DOWN FOR A NAP. WE WANTED HER GOOD AND RESTED FOR HER PARTY. JARED AND I GOT TO DECORATE WHILE SHE NAPPED. WHEN SHE GOT UP, WE PUT HER IN HER BIRTHDAY GIRL OUTFIT AND THE PARTY WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN. WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. WE OPENED GIFTS, HAD PIZZA, WATCHED A 1ST YEAR VIDEO OF HALLE'S LIFE THAT JARED PUT TOGETHER....HE DID AN AMAZING JOB AND EVERYONE LAUGHED OR CRIED. YOU ARE GREAT JARED. THEN WE HAD CUPCAKES AND FINISHED BY SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND HALLE DIGGING IN HER CAKE. SHE SEEMED TO HAVE A GREAT TIME!

HERE IS SOME OF THE LADYBUG DECOR!

THESE ARE ALL OF THE CUPCAKES AND HER CAKE IS THE LITTLE ONE IN THE BACK ON HER OWN LITTLE PLATE!

AFTER THE PARTY, DUDLEY'S STAYED AND TALKED FOR A BIT. ALSO, MY SIS AND HER FAM STAYED IN OUR BASEMENT. WE HAD A GREAT TIME! WHAT A FUN MEMORY! WE LOVE HALLE SO MUCH AND HOPE SHE ENJOYED HERSELF AND REMEMBERS THIS DAY WAS ALL ABOUT HER. THANKS FOR COMING EVERYONE AND WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOURSELF!

HERE IS HALLE AND I OPENING A GIFT!

HERE SHE IS ATTEMPTING TO BLOW OUT HER CANDLES, MOM HAD TO HELP A BIT!

DAD AND MOM ENJOYING WATCHING HALLE CHOW DOWN ON CAKE!

EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED, YES I CAN'T BELIEVE WE ALL GOT STILL FOR A PICTURE, PRETTY IMPRESSIVE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HALLE KAY!!
THIS IS A SHOUT OUT FOR UNCLE JOHN, AUNTIE REF, AND SHMEEVA...THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ADORABLE DRESS, EVERYONE LOVED IT AT CHURCH! SO SAD THAT YOU COULDN'T BE AT THE PARTY! WE LOVE AND MISS YOU AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU SOON!