Aria's first birthday
                                           Boy what an afternoon I had yesterday. Yesterday was the day that Becca was throwing a birthday party for Aria who just turned 1 yr old.  I was really excited because this was the very party of my loyal friend's children 1st birthday that I wasn't going to miss.  See my friend Holly had a baby girl named Alysa two years ago this September and I got an invite and was going to go but than my grandparents asked me to go to Cincinnati to go to my uncle's restaurant for the first time so of course I bailed on Alysa's party.  No I didn't have a gift yet.  
                                  But anyway I wasn't going to miss this one," I thought to myself as I got my invitation in the mail.  The party was really cute.  It was all Disney and mostly had to do with minnie mouse.  Becca wanted the the theme to be the disney princesses but her mom talked her out of it telling her that there will be plenty of time for her to grow into that phase.  LOL I wonder how that will go I know I went through a phase where I didn't to be called Heather I wanted to be called Ariel or Belle.  So I wish you luck Becca.
                                 For the record I tried to look for a gift that had to do with the Disney princesses such as a doll and I even came across this beautiful story telling belle doll that comes with a book and a bunch of little accessories and when you hug her or put the book or accessory in her hand she will sing and interact with you.  But I was a little concerned but the choking hazard and I watched the video review they had posted and I thought she was just a little too young for that yet.  I was than looking at just a simple doll of princess Ariel that you could just hug because she had a soft body, but then I just started asking around for ideas.  I got a lot of suggestions such as learning toys, UGGS, a little purse, and clothes.  At the end I decided to take Jessie's suggestion which was to get her clothes.  
                               She told me that 1 yrs old go through clothes like crazy.  They are constantly growing, or they are getting into messes so they need all the clothes they can get, so that's what I got.  Mom picked out two cute two cute outfits for me.  One was a hello kitty and was a yellow and pink flower outfit.  So thank you Jessie for the suggestion.  Yes she did get toys too.  
                            She fell in love with the toys that made noise or sang.  Yes, Becca did have to change Aria's outfit because she had got food all over her birthday outfit so I could see how the baby clothes could come and handy LOL.  Yes I even got a little messy feeding Aria.  Aria got a spoonful of mashed sweet potatoes on my cheek.   So it was really fun and it was nice to spend time with her family again.