Seriously, almost two months later I am writing this post.
It might have taken us that long to recover.
We had Campbell's party on Saturday, May 16th, two days after her actual birthday. We had planned on having our friends, family, and church family for an indoor/outdoor feast of hamburgers, hot dogs, and cupcakes. Pretty simple, right? I should have known that the details are just too important to me...I was kind of a wreck for a few weeks beforehand! I have to say I had fun though. Special thanks to my mom, Susan, Connie, and my sister for helping with food and preparations.
Russ and I were both amazed at how many came to celebrate our little girl's first year of life with us. It is a blessing to have people that love us and our child, and the experience of community we have started to live here in Houston has been an answer to many of our prayers.
It started raining about forty-five minutes into the party, so everything moved inside. Our house can hold some people...but 50-75 people is pushing it! At the end of the night, Russ and I felt like it had been our wedding again - I never sat down, I didn't eat anything, and I only had two minute conversations with all of the guests!
Campbell wore the most gorgeous dress, created by her GiGi. Susan and I had fun designing the dress and she looked so adorable in it. She partied so hard she tore the dress apart by the end of the night!
She was very tentative about the cupcake.
My sweet one year-old.
