Hailey’s First Birthday

This was a fantastic weekend in our home. On Friday, Brenda and I started our weekend a little early. While we weren’t taking the day off for rest and relaxation, we did get kick-off Hailey’s birthday celebration. We didn’t have to wake up at 4am as we did a year ago, instead we slept in, to a leisurely 7am! After dropping Grace off at Gram’s for breakfast with Grandad and Gram, we took Hailey for her 1 year check up. After 4 shots and declaration of a clean bill of health, we were off for a full morning of errands and house cleaning. Later in the afternoon we took the girls to Portrait Innovations for pictures. On Saturday we filled our home with family and friends for Hailey’s party.

We are blessed to have family and friends that made Hailey’s birthday such a big priority. Tracy and Josh arrived before the party, something made remarkable considering that Tracy had been on a plane returning from Iowa the day before and managed to make it to our home despite a brief 9 hours spent in her own home after a week of travel. Missy, Richard and the boys came in Friday evening and were at our house Saturday morning early to help us get ready for the party. Unfortunately, they had to leave the party early because they also needed to attend a 50th birthday party on Saturday evening in Houston. Todd, Melanie and Jaden driving in from Abilene and making a weekend of it was a fun treat as well.

Dinner at Posada's, church with the family and brunch at Mimi’s Cafe wrapped up a busy, fun and blessed weekend. The girls (including Mommy) enjoyed a well deserved nap while I sorted out pics! Speaking of pictures, I have added a fist full of pics from Hailey’s 1 year portrait session. If I am feeling really industrious, I will sort and upload pics from our weekend this evening some time.

Happy Birthday to my lil’ Sweet Pea!

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