We held Bella's 1st birthday party yesterday. The theme was ladybirds and the marquee was decked out with all things red and black. A big THANKYOU to family members Bret and Emma who did all the decorating. We had other family members pitch in to help with food and what not. The weather wasn't great (well, what do you expect in winter?!) but it held until the last stages when most people had gone home before it bucketed down. But the marquee provided us with heaps of shelter.
Bella was a delightful baby for the whole day. I guess it is because there is heaps to see and new people to meet. She has been our only child that has not cried when having 'Happy Birthday' sung - in fact, she loved it, kicking her legs and laughing.
She got some beautiful gift and again, we thank everyone for these. A few were ladybird themed and a number of ladybird cards were attached too!
Here are some pics of the day. We are having just a grandparents dinner tomorrow night to celebrate her actual birthday (sigh...when she really will be one!) which will be a very bittersweet day for me indeed.
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| The birthday cake (made by me!) |
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| Bret and Emma decorating the marquee. Tom and Biddy painted the letters of Bella's name red the day before and stuck black spots to them. |
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| No way was she going to leave that party hat on. She is not a hat person. |
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| Mummy and the birthday girl |
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| Opening her presents |
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| These were the lolly bags I made up. I used all SU! products - if you want to make some yourself get the stuff off me! The bags are mini lunch sacks about 15cm high. Too cute! |
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