Cake Smashing...

They were technically 13 months during this little shoot, that my precious and talented friend Kayla took (check her out here) but these shots were well worth the wait! Jack Henry wasn't feeling grabbing the cupcakes but Hadley had enough sweet tooth for both. Thankful to always remember my babies turning one. Thank you Kayla! 

Bye bye baby mullet: Jack Henry's first hair cut

Both of my babies don't have a ton of hair yet. Its coming in thicker and thicker but still not a whole lot of length yet. I will post a picture of Hadley with out a bow here soon so you can see how much hair she is getting. It is so cute and fem and I swear it in the shape of a swirl from the back of her head. SO SWEET. Little miss isn't ready for a haircut just yet. Jack Henry on the other hand was looking kid of scraggly and my scraggly I mean, a full on mullet was forming. That's right, a Kentucky waterfall. Business in the front party in the back (and sides.) So on our Destin vacation my sister in law's momma who cuts lots of the children's hair was sweet enough to give my baby bear his first hair cut, right at 14 months. We accentuated the mullet so you can see how bad it was. Of course we tucked everything behind the ears and tamed it down, but we were just disguising the real deal until we arrived in Florida for the first hair cut. He was a little squirmy but did pretty well. Here are the befores and afters...

MUCH better... 

 I even gave him an edgy little do the next day...

  

Catching up: Babies first birthday party

Wow ya'll I am obviously super behind seeing that the babies are now 14 months and we had their party back in July when they were just 11 months. I think I might have LOST MY MIND when I decided to throw a party while traveling in a different city. It seemed like a great idea at the time, and it was a precious day full of joy and couldn't have gone better but I wouldn't have said that the night before the party when I was pulling my hair out trying to get everything prepped and perfect. We made two visits back to Kentucky this summer, one in June and one in July. The babies turned one in August and I thought it would be great to celebrate while we were home in July so all of their family and friends back home could celebrate with us. While we were home in June, I bought a bunch of stuff and kept it at my parents house so that when we came back the next month, it would all be there and I would have a full week to "prep" for the party. Well... little did I know my parents would close on their house the week of the party. It was madness. I am a perfectionist and wanted everything to be perfect, I know it is silly, but it is just my nature. I had to just let go, and go with the flow and had a good cry with my sisters the night before as we were setting up for the party. I don't get stressed easily but managing two little ones in a house that was being packed up while planning for a huge party was a little more than I could take. Thankful for precious family and the holy spirit to carry me through! With all that being said, it was a joyful day celebrating our joyful ones. The party's theme was "sweet 1's" having sweets and candy be the theme for our sweet ones. I also did everything chevron for our pattern so by the end of buying party supplies it really almost ended up being a chevron party. It was so fun and I so enjoyed throwing the party! My sister in law took pictures while I was hosting and lots of people instagramed the day so here is what we have...

  

Thank you for all who helped with the party and more importantly all who came to celebrate our most precious blessings' first year of life!