My baby’s 1

I can’t believe it! It seems like yesterday that we snuck that little red-head out of the NICU in nothing but a hospital kimono top and a diaper.  I had no idea they would only give us an hour heads-up before they released that little guy.  My poor baby didn’t even have pants to cover up his pink scrawny legs.  Anyway, I have to say, it has been the best year of my life.  

I admit…I’ve always rolled my eyes at parents who make a huge deal out of babies’ birthdays.  But when Wylder caught a glimpse of the puppy cupcakes on the cover of my sister’s cupcake book his eyes lit up and he squealed, “Og! Og!  Rrrrf rrrf!”  I knew there was no other way.  We would have a party.  It would be a dog party.  We would invite all of our friends.  And, he would love his mama even more.  (Okay the last one’s a stretch).

So that’s what we did.

It started with these.

I transformed this…

Into this…

My sister, Ginger (the party guru), whipped up this cake in no more than 30 minutes.  

My other two sisters joined in to make these happen.

We had a “Best in Show” contest.

All of the party guest were very polite.  

I think it was a hit.