It's coooming: Lyla's First Birthday

Check out what I got in the mail last night!

I cannot believe it is time to celebrate my beautiful little girls first birthday.  I have so much to do, plan, and make before next Saturday.  I hope to get some of my birthday ideas to come to life!  We will see how it goes...  Life is pretty busy around here with this crazy kiddo on the loose...

What are some of your favorite birthday ideas/suggestions?

Back To Life: Back To Reality

My-Oh-My what a summer this has been

Our little family has been very busy the last two months 

Five of the last nine weeks we have spent out of town

And when we were in town we were living it up with this cutie

This girl is becoming one serious goofball

And one great big handful of fun

I cannot believe she has been in our lives for almost a year now

I've been planning like crazy for her birthday party next month

{say what?!}

I have a lot of work ahead of me right now in trying to write out her 10 & 11 month updates since I've fallen so far behind

Aw well, I guess that's what happens when your busy livin'

But what a great life it is :)

9 Months

Age

9 Months

Stats
Weight: 19lbs 2.5oz (69%)
Height: 28.5in (85%)
Head: 44.5cm (71%)

Clothing size

9 & some 12 Month

Milestones & Firsts

Standing up

Drinking from a sippy cup

First bath in the bath tub (out of the baby bath)

Sleep habits

We had a fun month this month.
Between seperation anxiety, practicing her new skills, a growth spurt, and a new brace, we have had a LOT of tears at sleep time (and not just on the baby!)

She also loves this lovey.
She will fall asleep while rubbing the silk edges and she is always either holding it or chewing on it when she wakes up.

New/Favorite Foods
Lyla just loves food and is officially a little pig pen.  She eats anything and everything in sight!  When we spoon feed her she squeals and grunts because we are not feeding her fast enough so we have pretty much just let her feed herself for every meal. 

Favorite Toys
Anything that's not toys.

Or any toy she can stand up on

Activity Table / Ballcano / Walker / Activity Cube

New or Favorite Words/Sounds 

Oh our little chatter box. 
 Girlfriend talks up a storm and also LOVES to squeal at the top of her lungs when she's excited.  

Oh, and the best is when she fakes a cough to get attention.

Favorite Activity 

Standing up
... On EVERYTHING

Top 5 this month

1) Jesse's first Father's Day

2) Trip to the Zoo

3) Our new method of taking showers 
(which has now become an almost daily experience since she loves it so much)

4) Spending every second we can outside in this AMAZING weather!

5) Opening a new etsy shop and making Lyla be my model

Lyla also got a new brace this month.  
We did her follow up X-Ray and the doctor said that, even though her hips are still in a fairly "normal range" there are still some trouble points and it would be best to brace her again. 

She is suppose to wear it 16-20 hours a day right now (she sleeps 15-16 hours a day so that's most of her time!) and hopefully at some point it will go back down to only at night.   She will most likely be wearing the brace until she is at least 2 years old.   It has taken some adjusting but overall she is doing great with it!

Lyla is:

ON-THE-GO!
We are constantly on our toes with this one.  
She is into EVERYTHING!!!!

I love her, and her inquisitive spirit oh-so-much!

Now... off to childproof and clean everything in sight....

Pin*spiration: 1st Birthday Party

Is it ever too early to plan a birthday party?

I think not.

With a little over three months to plan, I'm already pinning away at idea's for my little Lyla Lu Lu's big beautiful birthday bash.

Here's some of my top pin*spirations:

Vintage Circus

Once Upon A Time

Vintage Sugar and Spice

Cute as a Button

Alice in Wonderland

Looking at these themes, I was set on doing a vintage circus party.   I just kept finding more and more fun things to do with that theme.  But as I pinned away, I started realizing that this theme might be a touch more fun if Lyla was a little older and could play some of the awesome game ideas that would be oh-so-cute at the party.

Then, I was at Michaels two weeks ago and found the mother-load.  I found all these ADORABLE button theme items on mega clearance. 

I knew in that moment what our theme would be.

Then, to my surprise, as I kept shopping at JoAnn fabrics and Target I started collecting even more items ON SALE!  

My birthday collection has grown a great deal and it makes me giddy to think about how little money I have spent so far.

This is why it's never too early to pick a theme for a party.

I still have 3 more months to collect more super cute sale items! 

Would a vintage circus 1st Birthday theme still be adorable?  Y-E-S!

{Will it be Lyla's 2nd birthday theme?  A HUGE PROBABLY!}

But the way I see it is- you really only have one year (possibly two) to get away with a super-cute, low fuss theme.  

{And then soon after that your babies will start requesting some crazy purple ninja ballerinas as their theme and then you'll really be in for it!}

I really am excited to put this all together.

Incase you want to run out to the stores and scoop up some of these adorable items (if you're in Anchorage-- good luck... I've pretty much cleared the shelves) then check out some more inspirational "cute as a button" pictures:

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