Happy Birthday, Georgia!

"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to..." became the theme of Georgia Claire's first birthday party! She is teething and ended up throwing up after lunch and going to sleep before she could even eat her strawberry cake! So much for planning a 1 year old's party! As Shelby's Grandma put it, "The baby that never cries cried during her party!"

I took these first three pictures on her actual birthday, which was last Thursday. We had a pretty low key day but enjoyed our day, nonetheless! She was VERY happy baby on that day...

Fast forward to Saturday, the day of her party...Shelby's parents (Georgia's Mimi & Grandbarry), his Grandma, and his sister Heather & her boyfriend Julian came for the party, as well as my parents (Georgia's Grandma & Paw Paw), my sister Kathy, her husband Andy & their kids, Luke, Mary Katherine & Caroline came to celebrate the birthday girl.

The birthday girl...
Family picture with her birthday cake...homemade strawberry cake made by yours truly...
I put her on the table and she really like all the tulle...
...AND the cake!
Cousins Mary Katherine & Caroline anxiously watched as Georgia opened the gift from their family...her first American Girl Bitty Baby...Georgia LOVES how her eyes open and close!
She REALLY enjoyed the wrapping and the card envelopes...

During lunch she started gagging and actually ended up throwing up a couple of times. We think it MAY have been from teething and her massive amounts of saliva or possibly it was something she ate...who knows?! SO, we made the decision to go ahead and light her birthday candle, sing happy birthday, and let her go to bed. While we sang, she cried the entire time. And while she cried I CRIED, too! It wasn't because of her crying or that I was worried about her (although it DID make me sad), but it was more about what was happening. I stood there and looked at our precious baby girl and listened to the beautiful singing of "Happy Birthday" and I got emotional! It's like the year flashed before my eyes...and it hit me all at once just how special that day was. A year ago the day of her party was the day we brought her home! What an incredible year and what an incredible blessing Georgia Claire has been to our life! Here are a couple of pictures of the sad little birthday girl...needless to say, she didn't eat any cake at her party!

When everyone went home, Shelby & I took a nap and Georgia awoke after sleeping about 2 hours or so. She was happy, and seemed to be feeling better. Shelby put her in her new wagon (a gift from us and Mimi & Grandbarry) and gave her the Bitty Baby. Here is the happy little girl with a serious case of "bedhead"...
Soon her other babies made it in the wagon, too...
After awhile, she decided the wagon was getting too crowded and dropped the baby on the floor...(let's hope this is NOT a sign of things to come when Baby Sister joins her one day in the wagon!)
Grandma & Paw Paw bought her a swing and it is a DEFINITE hit....
And Great Grandma gave her money, but also brought this old rocking horse...Georgia decided today that she liked rocking on it!
Thank you, Lord, for Georgia Claire and the WONDERFUL year we have had. We look forward to year #2 and the addition of a baby sister...oh the FUN we will have! =)