Maddison's Party

Its all over now. Maddison has turned one, she's had her party now we wait for all the milestones to happen over the next year. The biggest one will be walking.

The party had some setbacks but after raining for two days before hand, seeing the sun shining was the best present of all. I managed to ice and decorate the cake with help from my brother. It wasnt perfect but I figured she will never remember it and it was my first attempt. All in all I think it looked ok. Creative license I'd call it.
Maddison did not want to be held by anyone. She just wanted to crawl around the green stuff she barely sees. Only because where we are living there are 5 dogs out the back and cigarette butts out the front. So we don't take her out to play on the grass.

So between chasing her around plus making sure I've seen all the 30 odd guests that came, I think it went well. I will say I'm disappointed that some rsvp'd then didnt turn up and also people that left early. I know there were some good reasons but I was only asking for 2 hours out of an afternoon to celebrate a milestone. And some couldnt even manage that.

In saying that those who were there helped out. It was such a relief to have so many friends and family offering to help and sorting all the things out that I couldn't do by myself.

I think the day went well, Maddison enjoyed herslf. I think she's going to be a bookworm somehow cuz despite all the colourful toys she just kept grabbing the books, especially the ones that make noise.

A big thank you to all that came and celebrated with us. I hope you had a good time and continue to be a part of my daughters life. Like you have been in ours.