planning a birthday party.

(my daughter, Aria, at one week old)

planning my daughter's first birthday. 

i am very excited.

it's paper doll theme. 

i sorta have a undying love for paper dolls.

my husband still doesn't even understand 

what they are & when i explain for the

72nd time he still looks at me like 

"& what's the point of that"

anyway, i am baking the cake 

it's going to be white, with

ruffled icing & some sort of 

tiny garland hanging upon it. 

can't make up my mind if i want

to just buy this garland off of etsy or get

all martha stewart-ey and make it 

myself. either way, i'm going to set

the finished cake on a lovely glass

cake stand & let the crowd roar. 

 i really can hardly believe my

baby girl is going to be one!

her name is Aria (pronounced ARE-EE-AH)

i also have a five year old son, Luke.

he will be six in june, & that is

completely crazy to me!

i mean, SIX!

i swear it feels like i was just

calling him pumpkin-eater as i 

swung him around on my hip to 

some fancy song. 

time goes too fast, such a cliche

but so true!

xo, amy