Claire's 1st Birthday Party!

since claire's birthday is right in the midst of all the holiday hustle and bustle we decided to wait to have her party once things had slowed down for everyone. we are so glad that we did, because she had a full house of family and friend to celebrate her! as you can tell, she had a "ladybug" themed party. it was a lot of fun!

auntie ashley's super fun artwork lead claire's guests to the front door...

..with the ladybug trail!!

special thanks to the ladybug cupcake designer/creators: nana (matt's mom) and auntie ashley! we LOVED them!! esp. their big googly eyes!! awesome! the cake came from a cute little bakery in garner. all i told them was that the theme was red ladybugs and this is the amazingly cute cake they created for us. will definitely be getting cakes from there in the future, not only was it so cute, it was sooooo yummy too!

birthday girl claire, decked out in her ladybug attire, eating her birthday cupcake!!
happy belated birthday sweet girl!! we love you!

the house full of wonderful family and friends! thank you sooo much for coming, we had a great time and hope you did too!

sweet lil auntie ree!
she also took a lot of great pictures from the party, click here to see them!

we had lots to eat! it was so good: pork bbq, brunswick stew, mini corn muffins, coleslaw (thank you ben and carmen)...

...potato salad, lots of yummy fruit (thank you claire's grandma!) and veggies (thank you claire's nana!)!! hopefully no one left hungry, we had lots of leftovers!

can't leave out a picture of big brother, at the lil kid's table!! cute guy!