My Beautiful Life with Ryleigh and Reagan: Happy Birthday Babies!!!

Today, my sweet baby girls turned ONE!! I seriously can’t even believe that a year has already past. It went waaaaaaay too fast. I have loved every second of this year, and I have to say, it just keeps getting better every day. I am having the time of my life playing with them, snuggling with them and watching them learn and grow.

Their little personalities have really blossomed so much, and they are seriously such a joy to be around. It’s impossible not to have a smile on my face every single time I see them.

For their first birthday party, we went with a really cute owl theme, “Look whoooo’s turning 1!” It was so cute. I found an amazing cake maker in Plano. Her bakery is called Takes the Cakes by Millie. I contacted her kind of last minute, and she was willing to take on the cake. I was so grateful, and what’s so amazing about it is that I had this exact vision of what I wanted in my head….and she completely exceeded my expectations!! The cake was even more amazing than I could of dreamed. It was soooo yummy too! It was a total hit at the party.

We had a house full of family and friends there to celebrate. I was kind of stressed leading up to the party because we have a double divorce situation in my family, and I invited both sides of the family…which is really the first time they have all gotten together like that. Everything went so smoothly though. Everyone got along and I’m pretty sure everyone, including Ryleigh and Reagan, had a great time!

Ryleigh and Reagan’s personalities shined through at the party. Reagan was happy to be passed around to everyone. Ryleigh? Not so much. :) She was fine as long as she was on Mommy’s hip.

They received some amazing gifts! Soooo many adorable clothes!!! They are set with clothes for a while. Yay! My brother got them some adorable pink converse chuck taylors. And they got toys galore!! Matt and I got them tricycles that can be pushed now, and will convert as they grow older. They are adorable. Ryleigh happily sat in my lap while we opened presents, and Reagan crawled around saying hi to everyone and playing in the wrapping paper. :)

Neither of them really knew what to think about their smash cakes! They both played in them, but didn’t really each much of them.

Their outfits were adorable….but NOT what I had planned for them to wear! I ordered these really cute customized shirts that matched the party theme, with their names on them…but I had my old address on my paypal account (oops!), and they got lost in the mail. I didn’t find out we wouldn’t get them in time until late Friday night (the night before the party). My awesome aunt Julie took me to Target the morning of their party, and bought the adorable outfit that they wore. Sometimes, you just have to improvise!! It all worked out. I was so sad that their shirts didn't come in time, but they looked adorable anyway.

Overall, I really couldn’t have asked for the party to go any better than it did. I was so happy with everything. It was truly a bittersweet day for me, but I know I’m going to enjoy this next year of their lives so much!!

Happy Birthday Babies!!!!