1st Birthday Party!

1 year ago today, God blessed the two of us with three precious baby girls. We could not be happier with how our lives have changed. We have been challenged, we have had laughs and we have had many tears. We made it through this year together and we learned SO MUCH along the way. My how our girls have grown!
I am not kidding when I tell you that I started planning this party more than 6 months ago. I am my mother's child and I'm a planner. I like to think it makes me very organized and strategic but sometimes Brent thinks I'm a little overkill. :) I remember a while back when I ordered something for the party that came in the mail and Brent asked, "What's this for?" I replied, "The girls' first birthday party." he said, "That's not for SIX MONTHS!" Haha! What can I say? I was excited about it.
Thank you to everyone that came out to help us celebrate!

The Invitation

Duo grilling! That's my husband! CJ and Mark Robert Miller

Aunt Missy and Baylee Boo Grammy and Addie

Peyter-Tot and Reagan on the swing and slide from Grammy and Pop

Pop and Addie

Grandaddy and Reagan

Supper Club Crew! Well, minus Pam and Brent. :)

Uncle Adam, Aunt Elizabeth and Gran relaxing after the cake was cut

McKowns! Love this sweet family! Little man looks sooo tired! :)

Pop, Great-Papaw and Great Mamaw watching the festivities!

Aunt Elizabeth and Uncle Adam

Christy Hill and her husband Tim with Baylee...Christy is/was our newborn care specialist and helped me take care of the girls and now she is practically a part of our family!

Me and my awesome Dad!

Our family, happy and worn out :)

Me and my BFF, Jill (Who showed up early to help decorate after a frantic text about streamers...love you honey!)

Sweet CJ, eatin some cake

Peyton Daniel Miller :)

Daddy with Addison

12 Month Pictures!

I have to say a HUGE thank you to Becky Kudelka! She did an awesome job taking pictures for us and she met us very early on a Saturday when she has her own little one to tend to. Thank you Becky! I am in love, love, love with these pictures! Here are just a few of the gems we took in less than 30 minutes. :) In case you are wondering, we are having a Dr. Seuss themed 1st Birthday, that is where the Thing 1, 2 and 3 come into the picture (the characters from The Cat in the Hat). Grammy made the tutus and bows and I made the custom onesies. They are "things" 1, 2 and 3 according to birth order. Addie was 1st, Reagan 2nd and Baylee 3rd. Enjoy!

Happy Birthday, Sarah!

The girls and I just had to help Sarah celebrate her 21st birthday this week. Sarah is our mother's helper/babysitter/nanny...whatever you want to call her we just know we love her and the girls love her! Sarah had the big 2-1 on Monday and since the girls are having their big 1 year in a little over a week, we thought we'd celebrate with Sarah and have a little practice digging into the sweets! :)

Sarah, blowing out the candles on her cupcakes!

Reagan, hesitant at first...one finger in the icing Addie going with two fingers and a thumb... Baylee starting with her thumb in the icing... Addie going for the full-face approach :)

Baylee getting into her cupcake... Reagan loving it!

Good thing it is almost bathtime

Addison...cutie cupcake face!

The aftermath...;) so messy but so much fun

So Much Better!

This week has started out so much better than last week. Whew! For a while there I was thinking they would never get better.
So far this week we have....

Visited with the doggies

(excuse the extremely dirty windows from muddy puppy paws) :)

And helped Mommy make breakfast!

This week is only going to get better! Grammy is coming into town and we just can't wait! She is going to love on her girls (me included :) and help me make some cute party favors for the girls' birthday party coming up in a few weeks.

We are also having our Supper Club over Thursday night for a cookout which is always a ton of fun and laughs and a few adult beverages.

Then on Saturday, we are having the girls' 1 year pictures taken and I have already warned their Daddy that this is going to be fun! and our attitude about pictures makes things so much easier on everyone. Picture day shouldn't be a dreaded occassion. :) It will be quick and painless and wonderful for everyone...and Grammy will be here to help us wrangle babies to get the right shots. Fingers crossed!