birthday week

this week is birthday week.  mae anne will be one year old tomorrow!  a year ago today, i was supposed to go with reid to an orchestra audition, and we were going to get cafe rio on the way home.  alas, contractions had started around 1pm, and my mom didn't really want me to go.  so, i had to stay behind.  i really wanted cafe rio...badly.  but, i suppose the labor and birth of your fist baby is more important than a delicious cafe rio salad.  (not that i'm upset that i didn't get my salad or anything).

anyways, i can't believe a year ago this sweet little girl was born.  i don't think i can ever forget the first time i held her.  the amount of love i felt for this little wrinkly, wiggly, thing was overwhelming.  holding her in my arms, i had a whole new understanding of eternal families.  i knew without a doubt that heavenly father sent that little girl to us, and that we were and are a family forever.

so, i have a few wreaths i've made for halloween, christmas, easter, and valentine's day, and i decided i needed a birthday wreath to put up on all of our birthdays.  this was a super easy wreath, but it took forever.  i kept running out of stinkin' balloons.  and i couldn't get just any balloons, they had to be the exact same that i had started with.  needless to say, many a trip to the five below were made. 

i think it turned out pretty cute.  and i know it's not her birthday, but seriously, with how long that thing took me, it's gonna be up a few days.

i didn't want to get her anything crazy for her birthday.  so, i made her a sensory board.  i loaded up at the dollar store with all kinds of stuff.  it was fun to make.  cody burst my bubble, he kept saying, "isn't she just going to rip everything off?" which, yeah she probably will.  but i can pretend for a moment that my daughter will be soft and gentle with it...moment is over.

 with the weather cooling down, girlfriend needed some real shoes.  one of my oldest friends and favorite people in the world jaclyn hooked mae up when she was born.  she got her some nice kicks, and they finally fit!

 oh, the fun you can have with a box.  why do we buy toys for this girl?  she had a blast.  and her daddy got a workout pulling her all around in it. 

 erich and mattie babysat for the munchkin this weekend so we could go to the temple.  mae had a great time.  she loves her aunt mattie and uncle erich, and of course rufus!  here's a shot that mattie took of mae walking rufus.