Lucy's One! (part 2)

We had a great time celebrating Lucy's big birthday with a small party for her. It was an Eric Carle theme, so she had some Eric Carle-esque decor for the festivities.


Bryan made Lucy's cake--a banana and blueberry, no sugar/no oil recipe. It was actually really good and she loved having the muffin versions for breakfasts the week after! I cut it up into a butterfly shape and slightly decorated it--I'm no Ace of Cakes, but it still turned out cute!


Lucy's Nana was in town for her party, and Lucy had a ton of fun showing her how much she's grown!


Lucy's party outfit:


Lucy wasn't too sure about her cake at first. After 15 minutes of picking the icing though, she finally started eating it (and feeding large chunks to Bailey--we basically just told Bailey it was her bday celebration too!)





She even got to open a few presents--she's a lucky little girl to be blessed with such generous people in her life!


It was a low key but fun way to celebrate the day. We appreciate all the birthday wishes and had a great time with our family and friends. Thanks to all those who helped make her day special! While it is crazy we have a one year old, it's pretty amazing to see how much she's grown in the past year. She is a loving, spunky, smart, and beautiful girl, and we thank the heavens that she's ours. Love you Lucy, Happy 1st Birthday bitsy girl!

The Fingland's

PS-I'll add some bday party videos to her 13 month blog post coming soon! A little preview though: Lucy kicked off the week before her bday with her first steps, and by Sunday the 11th, she was walking even further without assistance. And now, well, let's just say someone has learned to throw a bit of a fit if we bring her inside for dinner while she is busy doing her afternoon walks outside!

Lucy's One! (Part 1)

Our baby girl is one! We are so excited and have been so blessed with a healthy, happy girl.
Here's the scoop with what's she's been up to this month, and how we celebrated her birthday. I'll post again after she has her big girl birthday party next week too!

*12 Month Firsts: sledding in our 15 inch snowstorm, standing on her own (February 9th and no turning back!), first Valentine's day, waving hi and bye, a 2nd tooth (with a new one somewhere close behind), big girl bath time and loving it, taking her first steps (starting February 28th), first ice cream cone from Sweet Action, and starting whole milk--still mixed with formula as of now. What a month!

*12 Month Likes: reading, reading, and oh, did we mention reading!? playing with Bailey and handing her toys, climbing in/out of and playing in the sun room, eating (yes, she's a great eater), hanging out on the stairs, chatting away in the car.

*Birthday Celebration: Lucy turned one on Saturday, March 3rd. She had Grandma and Papa as her special guests to help celebrate. Daddy made pancakes for her breakfast and she loved them! Before her nap she opened a couple presents. After a quick nap, she got to open more presents, decked out in her birthday tutu. She got lots of fun stuff and has loved playing with her new toys/books! We met some friends for her first ice cream cone at Sweet Action (cinnamon almond, yum!) and she was trying to steal it all from Daddy. Overall, it was a day filled with fun and love, and celebrating our special girl. (Oh, and since our car died earlier in the week, Lucy also got a new car for her birthday :)!) We ended her birthday weekend with a 1 year photo shoot. I uploaded those photos to a separate album, so there are 2 albums this month.

It was so fun celebrating every minute with Lucy. She is so special to us, and makes our lives so much brighter. We can't believe a year's gone by, but we are looking forward to all the new possibilities and milestones that are to come!

I'll post about her party and photos from the bash next week! It will be fun to celebrate with friends and family. Hope you all are doing great.

12 month album: click here
1 Year Photo Shoot album: click here

Lots of hugs,
Bryan, Katie, and our big one year old!