HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO NOEL!

Noel turned 1 year old on the 4th of November. We celebrated her birthday on the evening of the 6th at Morgan's parents home. We had a wonderful dinner, visited, opened gifts and then ate cake.

Here's some pictures of the cake making process. We made a Caterpillar cake because the stuffed animal she sleeps with is actually a bug. It's a caterpillar. We call it her "lovebug", "bedbug", etc. So I found the idea on the Betty Crocker website to make an inchworm out of a bundt cake. It was so fun to make and it ended up looking pretty much like her caterpillar. My sister Leslie was in town and helped me with it and helped to get us out of the door on time for Noel's party. Thanks Les! Her kids were helpful too in making sure I put the colors on in the right order. I got a little mixed up with the order of the colors a couple times and my 5 year old niece Brianna said, "Terie, you're all mixed up like [my teacher] Mrs. Skinner!" Then Mya piped in and said, "You need to go back to high school." It was hilarious. Leslie and I just laughed.

Before...
During...

And after...

THE PARTY

THE GIFT OPENING

Noel was more interested in the cards. It was so cute. She got a lot of clothes and toys in which we are very grateful for! Thank you! She looks dashing in her clothes and loves her toys!


THE CAKE EATING



HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETHEART! THANKS FOR JOINING OUR FAMILY AND BEING OUR LIL' LOVEBUG! WE LOVE YOU!

Here are a few pictures as of late. Noel saying "hi".

After her sunday morning bath. Look at the big perty blues!
Of course, the Noel grin.
A few days after Halloween we found this cute giraffe costume at Babies R us for $2 and I couldn't resist.
We couldn't stop laughing when we put it on her. She was too adorable!