Memphis turned one!!!

My sweet little doll face turned one! Holy crap lol! I had so much fun planning her birthday with it being so close to Halloween. We decided to go with a pumpkin patch/ trick or treat party. We had all her little friends dress up and we had a blast. I think she really enjoyed her first birthday and her cake! 

Here's a little bit about our girl from her first year of living. 

Memphis:

Nickname is flash. I'm 

Or ma'am grabby hands.

Loves Anything pumpkin.

Hates shoes.

Has a high pitched Mariah Carey scream she loves to do mostly at the most inappropriate times.

Loves to be in the water more than anything else.

Likes to scream "ack ack ack ack ack ack ack" at her brother when he's sleeping in the car then when he wakes up she laughs. 

Loves to dance.

Likes to pull her daddys beard when he wont give her Cheetos.

Likes to pull her daddy's chest hair when he puts her to sleep just to remind him who's boss. 

Has never slept past 9 in her whole year of living. 

Really enjoys having her picture taken. 

Likes to sit on her brothers toys when he makes her mad. 

Loves to cuddle with her momma when Jack isn't around, she can't let him know she's a softy.

Jack likes to call her his "m&m girl because those are his favorite and so is she."

She sometimes falls over on her back and immediately becomes a turtle and forgets how to move. 

Prefers her Papa and pop pop over everyone. 

Can play a mean instrument using only the back of her hand. 

Hates her car seat.

Eats:

Cheetos like they are the last thing on the planet!

Pumpkin 

Strawberries

Can say: 

Momma 

Dada 

Ack (Jack)

Party:

We spent allllooottttt of money of Jacks first birthday from the smash cake to the decorations and all that jazz. What I realized in the end was that was such a waste. We could have set that money aside and bought Jack the things he really needed. So this time around I wanted Memphis to have the best birthday but not spend a ton like we did before. We where able to get her the things we felt like she really needed and still made out with an incredibly fun birthday! Me and my mom ended up making her a pumpkin cake! It was delicious! I also hit up my favorite store for decorations.... The dollar tree. I spent about 30 bucks all together and all the sweet babes got their own  pumpkins to decorate and take home. Plus we got lots of great decor that we can use again for next year. Not to mention we got Skelton hand salad tongs that are in my kitchen for year round use lol.

Me and my mom made Memphis cake and it did not disappoint! It was delicious. 

•we used a bunt cake pan and cooked two yellow cakes.

•we let them cool and the cut the bottom half of the cake in half so they would lay even.

•we then put a layer of icing in the middle.

•we iced the cake with store bought icing even though it wasn't as orange as we hoped.

•I'm not a chocolate fan or like letting my kids eat chocolate so I mixed a little white icing with brown food coloring to make the brown for the stem. 

•then we coated an ice cream cone with the brown icing and wha la!!! 

She was ready!

Memphis pumpkin patch. 

Pumpkin decorating station 

Pumpkin decorating station

She enjoyed that cake

I also skipped out on paying a fortune for her first year pictures and did them myself. I really enjoy the editing process of photo taking as I have mentioned previously before. 

Now I do not fancy myself a photographer. When it comes to our treasured family photos I leave that up to the best (Mikasha clark photography) 

But I do see why they enjoy it as much as they do. The capturing of the moment the editing all that is so much fun to me. I really love it and I hope it comes through in my pictures like it does the professionals :) 

We really did have a blast and I still can't believe my little bug is a year old. She has changed all of our lives and we just adore her and her crazy antics.

Until we meet again-ASH