Lovebug turns one!

It is so hard to believe that our beautiful little lovebug is a year old! Christmas quickly turned into New Years, and right behind that was Z's big day. We planned a doggy themed party (Zawadi made the choice in the party store) and invited friends and family over for some snacks and cake and ice cream. We found a woman to make us an amazing 3-D dog cake, and couldn't have been happier with how the party turned out.

We had around 30 people in our house, including Heather and Kenyon from Philly! We were so glad they could make the trip. The food was delicious, thanks to my mom and Shirley and Achieng, and the kids played while the adults ate. Then it was time for presents and the real fun began. Zawadi was the biggest ham you could possibly imagine, tearing paper off and clapping for herself the whole time. She appropriately held all of her new clothes up to herself to model them for us and LOVED each and every thing she received.

She was starting to get sleeping so we knew cake needed to come next. After singing to her and helping her blow out her candle, we gave her her very own specially made smash cake and let her have at it. Needless to say, she was covered in cake and frosting and Grandma-Nana had to give her a quick bath.

It was a wonderful afternoon and we appreciate all of the people who came and all they did to help make our baby girl's birthday a memorable one.