Princess Parties!

Our sweet little princess had not one, but two parties to celebrate her 1st Birthday!  We felt that a huge bash would have been expensive and overwhelming for our sweetie pie so we opted to keep it small and simple.  As her big day approached I started to feel guilty for not throwing her a big party but what we did actually turned out to be really great.  With two small gatherings everyone was able to really celebrate with the birthday girl and spend some time with her.  And Christian and I were definitely less stressed!

First up was a play date with all of her besties and a few more friends.  There were 13 kiddos in all and they had so much fun just playing, eating pizza and noshing on cupcakes.  The following weekend we had a small family party with just my immediate family, all 20 of us!  Dylan is so fortunate to have such a large and loving family to be with her for these milestones.  It was really sweet and simple and everyone had a great time being together.  Dylan loves hanging out with her cousins so she was in the best mood that day.  And we saved the smash cake for this one so Dylan was in hog heaven with all of that frosting!  She was literally double fisted, shoving it in her face.

Dylan had a blast at both of her parties which was all I really wanted.  She can be a bit introverted with crowds so I'm glad that we kept things intimate for her.  But she was so fun and happy for most of each party which was awesome.  I know she won't remember but I have tons of pictures and videos to show her when she gets older. Of course both parties were over-the-top princess-themed....fitting four our little Lady D!  It really was the perfect way to celebrate our girl's birthday.  Here are a ton of pictures of both parties, minus the captions...

Princess Party Play Date...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Family Princess Party...