Caroline turns ONE!

July 30, 2010

I can't believe my baby is ONE!

It seems like it was just yesterday that we were preparing to leave for the hospital for the induction. It wasn't, of course. It was a year ago today and I am SO glad that my baby is here!

Caroline, you are the light of my life. I am so proud of you.

You make me smile every day. I love you, sweet girl!

As you can see, I tried to get a last set of growth pictures, but my sweet Caroline wasn't very happy that we were trying to take her picture.

I debated whether or not to put these up, but I thought you guys should see all of our life! ;)

I started Caroline's birthday out by going into her room singing "Happy Birthday". Here is a video. I am not sure she knew what to think.

Daddy came home with flowers for me and Caroline. I got roses and Caroline got an assortment. It was such a sweet thing! We really enjoyed them!

Caroline's Flowers

Mommy's Flowers ( I am SO, SO happy to be a Mommy!)

We went to Cracker Barrel for Caroline's first meal out.

She had grilled chicken, green beans and biscuits, of course!

She loved everything, but the green beans!

Very Messy Baby!

I made Caroline "Happy Birthday" cookies since she had already

had her birthday cake in Mobile. She loved it!

Singing "Happy Birthday!"

Unwrapping Presents

Mommy & Caroline

Daddy & Caroline

This video is Caroline getting her first Happy Birthday call from David's grandfather. He calls all of us to sing to us every birthday. It is so special!

This is a video of Caroline opening presents. She had a good time!

Caroline's First Birthday Party!

July 24, 2010

We had Caroline's First Birthday Party in Mobile.

I made the invitations and cakes.

Most of the family came and we swam and had a great time!

The theme for the party was taken from a pink and purble elephant toy that Carolie LOVES!

A picture of it is below with the party invitation.

The Cake!

Caroline's personal cake. It was huge!

The invitation and toy the theme was taken from.


Opening Presents

Time for the cake!

Caroline was so funny with her cake!

She just looked at it like, "what am I supposed to do with that?"

Eventually, I took her finger and put it in the icing and then in her mouth

and after that, all bets were off. She dug in like crazy! She loved it!

"Awe, Mom, why did you take it away?"

Family shots from the day:

David's Papa, Granny, Mom and Dad with Caroline

David's Granny & Mom with me and Caroline

My parents with Caroline

David and I with Caroline

Happy 25th Birthday, David!!!!

Ok, so his birthday isn't until Sunday, but we celebrated tonight. We really had a great night! I fixed dinner and set the table with our china and stemware! I love using our china and stemware! You can see pictures of them below. I also made one of his most favorite desserts - ice cream cake. More on that later.

I am so thankful for my husband! I can't believe that God chose to bless me with such an amazing guy! He is godly, caring, kind, loving, smart, funny and so much more! I am truly blessed!

Happy Birthday to the best guy in the land! I love you!

My baby about to blow out his candle.

Blowing out the candle

Ok, so here is the story on the cake. I baked a chocolate cake in a tube pan. I sliced it in half and started spreading softened ice cream on the bottom half. The ice cream was way too soft and was just melting down the side, as you can see in the picture below.

So...............I ended up putting the top half of the cake back in the pan. I spread the ice cream on top of that, then put the bottom back in the pan. I put it in the freezer so the ice cream would harden. Then, I made a chocolate ganache and poured it over the top and back into the freezer it went. It didn't turn out like I intended it to, but David said it tasted better than the Baskin Robbins' cake he has always enjoyed. That was the best compliment ever! You can see the final product below.

I will probably do this again, but have to change it around a bit. We'll see!