The Party.

The actual party was a party. I don’t think it could have turned out any better. I loved every minute of it, and the girls did amazing with so many people around. They are so blessed to have so many people who love them!

We started with the most important thing… FOOD! KG started us off with a few words (he said perfectly how thankful we are to everyone who helped us in the beginning and continues to help us, and how thankful we are for our two sweet girls… things I wanted to say, but couldn't manage to say that day) and prayer. We had a great meal. I love big family dinners, and this was just that.

Grandmother and EK having their birthday party lunch together...

YaYa and KM having their birthday lunch...

These girls may not know it yet, but they have the best Grandmother and best YaYa. KG and I would not have made it without our mothers those first months. They were such a gift to us and continue to be every day. I'm so happy our girls have such special grandmothers in their lives.

So, it was a little rainy on party day, so instead of using our great backyard, we had to set up tables in the garage... turned out okay if you can ignore the giant treadmill in the back.

After lunch, we went straight to the cupcakes. I went backwards for this, and we sang happy birthday to EK first and then to KM.

In total KM fashion, she dug right in. KM is never really afraid to try a new food! She ate some and made a mess. She did exactly what you want a one-year old to do when you give them a cupcake on their birthday! And she had to get some serious clean-up afterwards from YaYa.

EK did exactly what she does with food. She was less than impressed with her cupcake… she pushed it around and smashed it a little. I’m not sure if she really even tasted it, and she honestly wasn't very fond of even touching it after a few minutes!

The cupcake remains...

After being cleaned up, EK tried the hat...

We finished up with presents… Of course there were plenty of fun toys, and the girls got so many new books! And cute, cute clothes! Not to mention the awesome wagon from YaYa and Pappy! It was just what mommy wanted!!! And honestly, the girls loved it…

And so did their cousins, Caden & Tate...

Well, mainly Caden...




And now Tate!!!

KM wasted no time crawling up in cousin Tara's lap for some new book reading.

The one sad thing about having your own kiddos... you get so much less time for spoiling nieces and nephews (at least at these young ages). So when I see Aunt Kristen with a little girl in her arms, I always try to get a picture!
{with EK}

This post will also probably be updated at some point... but for now, this is the one group shot of the day...
four generations
{YaYa, KM, Granny H, SS, EK}

I'm including this picture of my lovely sis-in-law, Kristen. And she knows why.

And that was our party. It was...

Perfect.