Lily's 1st Birthday-Monkey Theme

On March 31, 2012, we celebrated Lily's 1st Birthday Party. We had such a great time. I definitely couldn't have done it without my friend Amy. She is so amazing. She helped me plan and make decisions. She searched for ideas, helped pick up supplies, and helped me make decorations and set up. She is awesome. I couldn't ask for a better friend.

We had a great turn out. Our family and close friends made Lily's party the best. Although she was asleep for the first part of it, she really did enjoy seeing everyone. I think she liked that everyone was there for her and everyone was watching her. Totally different than Kiley.

Here are some pictures of how we set up the party.

I ordered this from etsy.com. It turned out so cute and now I have them in her room as a decoration. I figured I could eventually take off the stakes and add them to her memory book.

 We filled the tin holder with jelly beans to help keep the stakes to stay in place. My friend Amy and I made the puff balls on the sides.

My friend had the great idea to have lilies as another decoration. This was perfect since my favorite flowers are lilies and her name is Lily.

 I set this up on the gift table. My friend found the picture frame at Target and I got the dog for everyone to sign at Party City.

Candy Bar with the picture next to it.

Picture up close. Love the frame.

Lily in the tutu I made her. It was a lot easier than I thought. The onesie was custom made by collectionsbytaranicole.blogspot.com. It turned out better than I hoped with attention to details and great quality. 

Lily's smash cake!!

For another added decoration, I put up monthly pictures of Lily. It really showed how much she has grown and changed. I thought it really added that personalization I was looking for at a very inexpensive price.

The cake and candy bar! 

 The big cake! YUM! I love Publix cake.

 Me and my baby girl.

 Lily's birthday gift was her very own big girl chair. She was so excited and LOVED it.

 Lily being silly in her new chair and opening her gifts.

Lily Tidbits
She has taken a couple of steps but isn't fully walking yet. She has said mama, dada, ellie, IE for Kiley, and uh oh but nothing really consistently. They say that she says bye bye at school but I haven't heard her. she can wave but doesn't do it very often. She has only 2 bottom teeth but has 4 top ones coming in all at the same time. She loves to laugh and be thrown in the air. She sleeps from about 7:30 p.m. to 7:30 am. We are about to wean her off her bottle and I hope it goes well. She doesn't really watch tv and loves to be held. One of her favorite things to do is be chased by Kiley or chase Kiley while I am holding her. She really is an amazing little girl.

I'm going to post this with the hopes of finishing it adding the pictures soon.