It is crazy (and sometimes a little sad) how quickly time flies when you have children, but we are so lucky we get to celebrate these memorable milestones with them. Lauren has spent a long time planning this beautiful first birthday party for Berkeley and you can tell by every last detail how much thought was put into everything. As moms, the first birthday is so important to us. SO many people ask why and it's really hard to put it into one answer. Outsiders looking in think it is so silly to throw these crazy parties for our one year olds who won't even remember it. I think this day is so important to us because the first year of being a parent is so challenging, scary, joyful, and rewarding all at the same time. It kind of feels like you have a blindfold on the first year and every little moment or situation that occurred, you were being blind sighted or learning something new as a parent. So many i's to dot and t's to cross along the way that come along with all the "rules" you must follow or the other moms will sit back and judge this or that. There is just something about getting to that one year mark that brings all sorts of emotions to the surface. You can finally sit back...take a deep breath, and just say "whew...I did it". Sure, there are parents of 16 and 17 years old reading this right now laughing and thinking "oh my honey, you have 17 years to go until you feel like you can breathe again", and that too, is very true. Until then, we will continue to celebrate every birthday and every milestone of our children and be thankful for the years we have with them <3
Well, here she is...the birthday babe! Miss Berkeley <3
Her momma did an AMAZING job planning her first party
xoxo, Jessica
