the planning begins

Less than two months away from Love Bug's first birthday and the planning has begun. Too be honest, I have been looking online for decorations and invitations probably for the past 4 months but today was the first day I actually purchased something. The invitations have been ordered and next will be the decorations, her party hat and an outfit for Love Bug. I love planning a party for my kids...can't wait to celebrate the first year of her life and the many, many, many more years to come.

I already have the cake pans. I will be using the same cake pans I used for The Mayor's first birthday turtle cake. The shape of the ladybug will be the same as the turtle, but the way I ice it will obviously be different. That is a huge load off since I know how to make that cake and don't have to worry about a practice cake (yes, I am that anal).

Today was a school day for The Mayor so Love Bug and Bennett played while Meega and I decided on an invitation and took pictures of Love Bug for the invite. The invite will hold 5 pictures so I chose a newborn picture of Love Bug, a 3 month old picture, a picture when she was almost 6 months and one from when she was about 8 months. Then I chose one from today. I did something similar for The Mayor's first birthday invite...I love seeing how much they have changed in their first year of life.

The countdown begins...

one of the adorable outtakes

*the picture at the beginning is the one that made the cut and will be on the invite...isn't she deliciously precious?! not that I'm biased or anything...