Ansley's party: Part 1

********** FYI I tried and tried to get the pics to go in order, but I believe blogger has put a curse on me and won't let me move any of my pics!! I'm hating blogger!!!!**************

Here we go with part 1 of Ansley's party! I'm hoping that there will only be two parts! lol. I started planning a few months before her party and I'm so glad that I did! Let's face it, I don't do well under pressure and when I'm surrounded by tons of people I become overwhelmed with stress! Hince why there aren't a tons of pics the day of the party or of all the decorations!

INVITES! Zach's grandma Carolyn and I made these adorable little monkey's! I found the idea from  Martha Stewart and loved the way they turned out! Thanks again Carolyn!

PARTY FAVORS: I looked and looked all over for party favors and of course found almost every idea from Etsy or my cousin Bethany! (She's an awesome planner and loved all of the ideas she gave me) Thanks again Beth! :)    

These adorble little banana's came from this shop! She was awesome to work with and the monkey erasers in the center were the icing on the cake! :) I got them in pink and yellow! I figured the few boys at the party wouldn't want pink!

Her Birthday shirt, balloons and PDF file came from this shop! I thought the balloons were going to be a little bigger, but I still loved them! I had a few issues with the PDF file, but Teresa figured them out for me!

Suckers! I made the suckers! Zach picked up the "I'm 1" mold from a candy shop in Wichita and were super EASY to make! I used a simple hard candy recipe with a little strawberry flavoring! SIMPLE!! I loved the way they turned out and I think I made 20 of them! I wrapped them with clear gift bags and put a "thank you for coming" sticker on them! :)

Monkey Munch! This idea came from Bethany! My husband made the monkey munch and it was a huge hit! I'll be honest I make the first batch and it looked terrible! I don't think I used enough powdered sugar! Anyway, my husband came to the rescue and it was delicious!

I ordered the plates and napkins online from here!

Thanks to my Aunt Brenda! She let me use her Cricut! I made 2 banners from her cricut! They turned out great and thanks again for helping with the banner's! I found the paper from Micheal's!

Banana soap                                                             b-day balloons! Had 2 of these

Suckers! and the PDF file that I used as stickers!

 Monkey Munch

Ansley's name banner used by the cricut!

Sneak Peek

Here's a little sneak peek from our photo session with Laura! Thanks again! This pic was a gift from Laura for Ansley's birthday! She's too sweet and can't wait to see the rest! Don't you just love the HAT!?! Thanks Brenda for the hat!

12 months!

Wow, here we are a year later and I honestly can't believe how time has flown by! We had a great birthday party Sunday with lots of family and friends that attended! Thank you for everyone that attended, we truely have great friends and family! I'm a week behind on posting Ansley's 12month updates, so next will be her birthday post! At 12 months:

• Currently has 8 teeth!
• Can stand for at least 30econds by herself
• Walked for the first time a few weeks ago! :) BUT hasn't much since then
• Can still crawl a hundred miles an hour
• HATES milk! I mean hates it! She gags and spits it out everytime I give her some in her cup.
• Thanks to Kristi, I've started adding milk to her formula bottle at night and she drinks that with no problem! I'm hoping with in a week or so NO formula!
• Has 2 bottles a day, but this week we are going to 1!
• wearing size 3 diapers and 12month clothes
• weighed 21lbs at her one year appointment
• Starting to become a picky eater and has learned to throw her food off her high chair! Drives me crazy
• Can say uh-oh, mommy, daddy and few other things that we can't understand
• Has quite the ATTITUDE! throws herself on the floor and kicks and screams! I have a feeling 16 will not be fun!
• Laughs at me/us when we smack her hand and tell her no! ~see what I mean by attitude!~
• Loves to push her walker/s all over the house
• loves taking rides in the wagon! I think our days of being outside are over :(
• Still not sleeping every night!

 I think that wraps up 12months!

~a little preview of the party!~

Happy Birthday!

A year ago today, our lives were forever changed! The happiest day of our lives! The gift that we will always cherish and forever love. The gift of being a parent. The gift of loving someone like we have never loved before! The gift that can never be taken away! The gift of being called mommy and daddy!

We love you monkey! I've never laughed, loved or cried more than I have in this year!

Happy FIRST birthday Ansley Jane! We love you bunches!