Monday, September 16, 2013

Look Whooo's Turning One!

Look Whooo's Turning One! 

Yesterday we celebrated Isla's first birthday by having our family over for an owl themed birthday party! Both sets of grandparents and the Shortt crew were there, and uncle Kev, aunt Jenna, and uncle Nick celebrated from afar. Smiley Isley lived up to her name as she never stopped smiling and loved all the fanfare! She was not shy about eating her cake, opening presents, or being the star of the show! A big thank you to our parents who helped us prepare for the special day and to Aunt Kris who served as the professional photographer! We can't believe our little ladybug will be one on Wednesday and what better way to welcome her into toddler-hood than to be surrounded by the people she loves! We had a HOOT of a time!

 The Decorations & Food

The Menu

The Taco Bar was a big hit!

Such a sweet (and yummy) cake!






Thank you Aunt Kristin for the ADORABLE banner!

Month by month pictures








 The Guests

Isla with Nana & PopPop Wolfe


Isla with her Aunt, Uncle, and Cousins 


Isla with MomMom & PopPop Ball (and a sleeping Mackenzie)


Time to Party!

Let's get this party started! 

The Birthday Girl

I just love that owl headband

Mommy and her "baby"

Jim and nephew Beckham

The cousins were THRILLED to be together again!

The girls ran and screamed with excitement for the first hour


I love her!



Being silly with PopPop




Wolfe party of four

She LOVED opening presents!










We had some helpers!







Her present from Mommy, Daddy, & big sis 



Someone stole her chair when she wasn't looking!

Such a fun present from The Shortts and Uncle Kev! 



B was patiently waiting for a turn! 


Zie got a Minnie Mouse jewelry set from her Great-PopPop and GG and she wore them the entire time! 

i.love.them.

smash cake

Singing  the "Happy Birthday" song

Starting to dig in! 







She wanted to dig into the "big" cake too!

The birthday girl and her cake!
We love our little one year old!
Once the party was over Zie crashed on PopPop

There's nothing like taking a good ol nap on your PopPop!

Friday, September 13, 2013

1 Year Pictures- Isla Marie

Isla will be turning one on Wednesday and to kick off the big celebration we had her first birthday portraits taken! There are a couple "props" in the pictures that some of you might just recognize. The first is the rocking chair that was Jimmy's mother's when she was a little girl. The second is the stool that was hand painted by Isla's great-great-grandfather (my father's side), and the third is the gold mirror that also belonged to him. We LOVE how the pictures turned out and you will soon get to see why!






























 Photos taken by Ramilyn's Photography.