Ally's Second 1st Birthday Party

Ally's second 1st birthday party took place on Saturday (a day before her official birthday.) Some of you may remember that she was born on her uncle Brian's birthday last year. Brian lives in Charleston, SC but he came up for the weekend to celebrate with his favorite (and only) niece. We had the privilege of celebrating with Ally's great aunt and uncle, Loretta & Charles, who were visiting from Delaware for the weekend. Also in attendance were Grandma, Pop-pop, Mema, and our friends Sarah and Hal. It was a small group- just the way I wanted it, though I obviously would have loved to have had Matthew and my parents there.

Ally looked absolutely beautiful (my biased opinion) in her party dress! I spent way too much money on it, but I think it was worth every penny! I teared up several times over the weekend as I thought back on the year and how much life has changed with our wonderful little addition. It's hard to believe an entire year has passed since she arrived.

Without further ado, here are the pictures:

Finishing up lunch in her pjs before the party started.

Love this picture! Ally loves to stare out the window.

My 2nd favorite picture of the day!

Pushing her new shopping cart- thank you Kennedys for the awesome gift!

Silly little 1/2 smile

Her monogrammed bloomers still fit- yea!

Ally's friend Hal seemed to have fun playing with her toys

This picture cracks me up

What a cute pair!

As usual, she was more interested in the bows than anything else

Checking out some of my new toys with mommy & Hal

Ally's cake with homemade butter creme frosting- thanks again for the recipe Sarah!

Seriously... could he get any cuter?

Silly uncle Brian!

The birthday bunch

A girl gets thirsty after all that cake!

Mommy with her birthday girl

Ally didn't actually like the taste of the cake very much as you can see from this lovely expression

She had more fun playing with it and squishing it between her fingers