A year has passed. A year since I pushed and cried my way through bringing her into the world. She was perfect. She was beautiful. She was a sister for my other daughter and the newest member to our little family.
The past year has been amazing. I have nurtured, loved, stressed, cried, and prayed my way through every day. I have watched this little person grow and I have loved her beyond what I thought I could ever love.
I thought I had the parenting “thing” figured out… I thought it would be easier the second time around. However, this first year with this new little person has been its own unique journey. God blessed our family with a completely different, amazing little girl… cuddly, affectionate, yet busy and curious.
The weeks leading up to her birthday have been a time of reflection for me. It’s been wonderful remembering this past year and my husband and I had been planning to celebrate her first birthday in a magical kind of way.
Here are some pictures from my baby girl’s first birthday….
We went “crazy” with the decorating. We chose a “retro” theme by decorating with old Golden Books, vintage fabrics and collectible items.
I sewed a happy birthday banner (shared here on my blog). We bought a white tablecloth that can be signed with fabric markers every year on her birthday. I also made her a Waldorf birthday crown.
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My husband and I handcrafted a Waldorf birthday ring.
I displayed her monthly anniversary photos on a line of bias tape hung in the living room. Each clothespin used to hang the photos was adorned with a picture from a classic Little Golden Book.
We loved watching our little girl open and interact with her gifts. Her big sister was very helpful too!
Then there’s the Waldorf doll that I made for her. She loves it! The doll has movable arms and legs, a bum, belly button and even a heart (my husband and I wrote special notes on a paper heart and I placed the heart inside the doll’s body before sewing it up).
Happy Birthday my darling baby girl. You’ve blessed us more than you could ever know.
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Happy Birthday to your sweet little girl!! (and that is one awesome looking doll!)
Thanks Carolyn!
Happy Birthday to you baby!! May she always be blessed with love and hapiness!
Awww, thanks Melissa!
Visting over from Bloggy Moms. (I just published a post about my daughter’s first birthday party yesterday, so I had to check out your post. Her party was last July…we are in full planning for birthday party #2 this weekend!)
Your opening paragraphs made me tear up…
“I have loved her beyond what I thought I could ever love”…something only a parent could understand.
“God blessed our family with a completely different, amazing little girl…” It really is remarkable that from the moment they enter the world, they are their own little person…
The special touches you put on her big day were beautiful. I love the paper heart note!!
Thanks so much for reading and commenting. I love how the blogging can unite moms like us through similar emotions, experiences and sentiments. I’ll have to read about your party now. :)
Such great gifts! I really love the doll. It looks like a doll that I had when I was little. I loved that doll to death. I still have it! That birthday banner is adorable too. Thanks for stopping by True Aim. I hope you will join me at Mom’s Library! Thanks for sharing this special celebration with us.
I love making gifts like these. I missed joining the mom’s library this week. I’ll try for next week’s. Thanks for the invite!
OMGosh!!!! First of all, Happy Birthday to your adorable little girl! I love Love LOVE what you did! I mean, I definitely know what you mean about first birthdays, because we’ve had six of them here and one is just as emotional as the last. BUT, this birthday party and everything that you handmade for it, from the buntings to the clothespins and the doll? Oh me, oh my, Jennifer! I am in awe! Not only is the vintage totally my style, but I’ve actually done the same bunting for one of my daughters!! But the doll? Wow! Something I can definitely aspire to as I continue to work on my sewing skills. You amaze me! Really. You do.
Thank you so much for this magical contribution to {Magic of the Mundane}.
Awww, thanks Sofia! I’m blushing!
Tomorrow is Dylan’s first birthday (sniff sniff) and I came here to search for a great idea for a 1 year old blog post. The books you cut up to make the banner is SO beautiful and totally up my alley. You are my favorite blogger in the world Jennifer! I adore you so much! Thank you for being the biddy biddy bomb.