I cannot even believe my baby girl is about to turn TWO next week! And in a few short months I will be a mother of TWO! 2012 is all about the number two, I suppose. Sooo, even though I wrote this Dr Seuss party post of  Alina’s first Dr. Seuss birthday party, I had just started blogging and actually wrote the post without many images, not realizing that people {including me} really just wanna see pictures! Today’s post will be the second in recapping my first child’s first year…complete with a gazillion pictures and quick descriptions of all the fun details. Enjoy {because I sure did…what a difference a year makes!}

For a Dr Seuss party, of course you need green {deviled} eggs and ham! I also served a variety of meats and cheeses for a sandwich bar, fruit skewers, Cesar salad and a super yummy veggie orzo salad. I took pictures of Alina every month in the same spot during her first year and my sister made this adorable banner {seen below} to display the huge changes she made during 12 months. I LOVED looking back at all her photos… I just love that beautiful baby!

Dr Seuss Party

Choosing Dr Seuss has Alina’s birthday theme was mostly because my tiny tot loved reading this book… The Foot Book. It was her all time favorite during her first year, and now at almost two, she can pretty much recite it by heart….

Since it was her first birthday, I really went all out and invited friends and family from all over. Alina is quite loved, and had so many people come from out of town…including her Tia and Tio, her Aunts and cousins from Daddy’s side, my best friend Nicole {who is also coming in this weekend to celebrate Alina’s second birthday with us} and my friend Annette and her little girl, Aubree, who was born days before Alina was.

Alina had just started walking by her first birthday party. My beautiful little girl had the best time!

My Step Mom made Alina’s Thing 1 & Thing 2 birthday cupcakes and they were DEELISH! This was Alina’s first time having any kind of sweets and, um, she liked it alot…

I made goodie bags for all the kids that came {unfortunately, pictures were not taken of them}, we played games, opened presents. As our guests left the party, they were asked to write a note to Alina in a copy of Dr Seuess’s “Happy Birthday To You”. She loves looking at everyone’s handwriting and having me read the notes people wrote her a year ago… I can’t believe how much she’s grown!

By the end of the party, my bowless baby was pooped. And I was a happy momma.

Words cannot describe how blessed I am to have you in my life, Alina. You amaze me everyday, and although I wish we could freeze time, I am so excited to watch you grow!
I’ll love you forever and after forever,
Mommy