Samma had a birthday party!

... and it was epic! But they say you only turn 1 once, and we promised we were going to do it right!

With temps in the mid-60s and mostly sunny, we had the perfect day for hosting about 60 people in our backyard on Saturday. There was music, plenty of food, laughter, cupcakes, presents, and above all I truly believe Sami had a fantastic time!

I won't lie - it was a little chaotic at times, with people coming and going in the middle of cake and presents, so it was hard for me to keep track of everyone and personally greet and/or bid farewell, so again, to all of our family and friends, thank you SO much for making the day so special, and we truly are appreciative for all that you did. And it turns out, things were so busy with Chris cooking and I making sure everything ran as smooth as it could, that we didn't get any pics of the both of us with Sam. Sad =( .... but that's ok! There are PLENTY of pictures that make up for that!

As for me? I was exhausted. That night I happily went to bed by 8pm because I could just feel my body physically wearing down, and it was no one's fault but my own. I was up until midnight the night before, baking cupcakes with my sister and our friend, and then Saturday the only thing I was running on was 2 large coffees after waking up at 6am with the birthday girl. Needless to say, once the clean-up was done this afternoon, I took myself a nice long nap, and it was amazing.

But enough about me -- Time for pictures!

Cupcakes...

... and more cupcakes!

The seat of honor

Presents everywhere!

Our guests

The birthday girl

The grandmothers

The grandfathers

Make a wish...

The first taste of cake....

... it's good!

Obligatory 1st birthday smash cake shot

Presents!

Paper is just as good as presents!

I think this one was her favorite

and... spent!

So what's next? Her actual birthday on Tuesday, where we'll give her the presents from us, and maybe even some more cake, and then come Saturday we'll be going to get her 1-year photos taken, but more on that later. In the meantime, seeing that her 1st birthday is upon us, I really should go back over her baby book and get that up to date, or the next thing I'll know, it'll be her 2nd birthday and I still haven't done it!