A Sweet Day in the Life of J: away too long!

Friday, November 4, 2011

away too long!

AH! How did I let over 2 months go by without posting? Well, that's easy. It's been absolutely insane around our house lately. September turned into the "Month of Claire". I spent all my free time preparing for her big birthday bash.

For example, I made this banner with a picture of each of the first 12 months:

And I made her birthday picture tutu:

Which ultimately was destroyed by cupcake goo. And this brings me to Claire's long-awaited (by me) 1st birthday pictures. You know how you see those absolutely adorable pictures of 1 year olds eating their first cake and smiling with pure delight? I was on a mission to make that happen. I failed miserably.

We met with the photographer near the Monon and the Indianapolis Arts Center. Not realizing it was Jazz Fest - so our options were limited. And Claire decided she was going to have a God-awful day. She cried through everything - especially when we put her down on her own. She just wanted to be held and cuddled that day. Striking a pose was not on her to-do list. We did end up with some cute pics...

These were taken at The Flying Cupcake on Illinois Street in Indy. Thanks to them for letting Claire destroy a couple of cupcakes for some picture fun.

The pictures do not represent how horrible the whole thing was - she looks super cute and happy in these pictures, I just realized. After we left The Flying Cupcake, Ryan and I both had to take some Advil and call it a day. We were spent.

On Claire's actual birthday Ryan and I decided we were spending the entire day with her. We had SO much fun going to the Indianapolis Zoo. We bought a family pass as her birthday present. It turned out to be a beautiful day to spend outside.

And then the very next Saturday was her birthday party. I went a little overboard, I admit. But it was totally worth it...for me. Claire didn't care about most of it, which was fine. We did get some good cake pictures though!