1st Buggy Birthday!

Our sweet Isabelle Claire turned 1 year-old August 30th. We had a Ladybug themed party, lots of guests and lots more presents! I've attached a few pics!

Ladybug Goody Bags for the kiddos filled with: ladybug tatoos, ladybug roll-tape gum, ladybug bubbles and ladybug slide puzzles.

I made Ladybug clips to attach a wallet of Izzy to some Ladybug ribbon we tied to the mantle. I bought the pre-painted ladybug wood cut-outs at Hobby Lobby, painted "Izzy's 1st Birthday" and the date on each with a white paint pen and glued them to mini-clothespins.We tied Ladybug ribbon to regular Tupperware bowls and then put mini self-adhesive ladybugs (Oriental Trading-not Hobby Lobby) all over them! So cute! We added them to the cake carrier also.

I bought the Ladybug pan at Hobby Lobby and made the cake...believe or not, Daddy decorated it! He said all those years growing-up helping his aunts with all of his younger cousins cakes finally paid off. I was very busy and the clock was a tickin'...Superdad to the rescue :)

I made a mini-cake for Izzy and again, Daddy decorated like her own mini-ladybug! I bought ladybug fabric and matching ribbon at...you guessed it Hobby Lobby and decorated her highchair with it. She also has a ladybug balloon tied to the back of her chair, you just can't see it. She was being a little shy..

but obviously that didn't last very long!

Isn't it a shame that no one bought this baby a birthday present?

A couple last shots of my cute little 1 year old Birthday Ladybug in her ladybug birthday outfit opening her birthday presents.

I have totally lost my mind!

Yep! It is official, I have lost my mind and started a blog. If it wasn't for my sweet baby girl, whom so many love ALMOST as much as her Daddy and I do, then I still would be in the dark ages with no blog. Alas, she is here and a whole year old now and I have realized how much I am depriving the world of her cuteness :). No, no, for real though when KPL started one I thought she was crazy, but I then came to enjoy it and I can keep up with her far away adventures just by the click of a button. Then KB started one and I thought pigs must surely be flying, but I looked out the window and they were not; but again I appreciate being able to check-in on the original "baby" through her posts. While on Va-K KPL and I discussed the possibility of me starting one and I have still procrastinated by telling myself I don't have time. But this week several events have occurred that have weighed on my conscious. 1st my baby Izzy turned 1 yr old and so many of our friends and family were unable to attend. While I was happy a lot of our loved ones were there to share in her special day, I was also sad that I couldn't share the day with those who were so far away. Next, I received a letter from one of my best friends, who has called, e-mailed and as a last resort sent a letter b/c I am so busy and hard to get a hold of. Again, this saddend me and made me feel like a horrible friend. Also, work has finally begin to lessen for me (like 12 hrs a day down to 8 or so) and therefore I have atleast a little time to take the desperate and extreme measure of starting a BLOG! aaaahhhh! Scary! Sooo...hopefully, more posts to come in the future to keep you all updated on our crazy F lives in our crazy F house ;)