1 year

Because Charlotte is so ridiculously loved we opted to have 2 separate Pink Lemonade parties this year: a pool party and a family party. Our wonderful church friends opened their home and pool to us the weekend before Charlotte’s birthday. Charlotte’s Lola and grandpa were generous enough to host the family party the following weekend at their home, which I will post on next.

Ruffle-bum birthday girl

Praying for the food and thanking God for all our wonderful friends and family.

We were so thankful for a beautiful {though ridiculously hot} day!

A huge thank you to my dear friend Jessica for all of the help with the decorations {a craft pro if you ever did see one}, and to all of my friends who helped with so many last minute details {making lemonade, frosting cupcakes, cutting lemons}… you know who you are!

Instead of gifts, we asked guests to bring a pair of children’s tennis shoes to donate to a wonderful charity.

Thank you to all who made Charlotte’s birthday so wonderful!

I haven’t even begun to process the photos from her 11 month shots, 12 month shots, and birthday parties. Those will come in later posts.

I don’t even know where to begin with this post, so I guess I’ll begin at the beginning. Just a warning, you are about to scroll through a billion photos… I had a really hard time choosing which ones to revisit with you all. And if you are dying to see her monthly posts again I’ve linked them up throughout the post {just click on the month – i.e.: ‘Eight’ to see her 8 month post}.

20 week check-up. It’s a girl!