The Coplins

4.25.2012

zoo day with BFF Emma

This is Adele's BFF, Emma. Sadly, I don't think Bre (Emma's mom) and I have any pics together but I consider Bre a really good friend as well! It's so fun to have girls 2 weeks apart. We met at Methodist Mom's group and she recalled today me asking her around the 4 month mark of our little girls' lives if Emma was sleeping through the night. She said oh yeah! And I just said, "cuss word," I was pretty much at my whits end back then! My friendship with Bre has grown through spending more time together and through a mom's bible study. I'm so glad that her and her husband joined our church and congregational community (I.e. Sunday school class) and that we've gotten to know them! So sweet to have friends that know the real you.

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4.11.2012

Adele's 1st Birthday Party

I'm so running behind on blog posts but it's hard to find time with a busy busy toddler running around! Plus, I really don't like to stay home most days and we try to get out and about. The last thing I need to be doing is sitting at a computer! After laundry, dishes, showering, picking up, cleaning, prepping dinner, loving on my husband, loving on God by a little quiet time in his Word...well, there's just not much time for blogging. I know I need to make more time for it though and it's about to become less intense per blog, which will be easier on me. I really hope to get back to meal idea Monday to showcase simple dishes that I try out. They are mainly easy and cheap and based on what I bought at the store with coupons/sales.

But all that is beside the point of this post!

This is Adele's 1st Birthday!! We kept it super simple and easy to attend by family by having it at the Coplin Farm (Luke's parents' home). It was awesome to have many of the grandparents, great grandparents, great aunts and uncles, etc. there! Adele is so blessed to have such great family to look up to and get spoiled by :)

SuSu and PaPa Jim!

Cousin Eli (just 4 days older than her!)

Cousin Brodye

the spread - I made the smash cake, mini bundt cakes and chocolate cream cakes. It was all very simple and inexpensive. I used decrations from Adele's nursery and bought "manager's special" flowers.

Presents!

I made the Happy Birthday banner by tacking on her 12 monthly photos :)

I made a balloon wreath too :) Thank you pinterest!

The balloon wreath will be a new tradition for every one's birthday!

She was pretty polite with it

Great Grandaddy

...and didn't cry when I took it away! Probably because she had so much icing left over...

Yeah, I sit weird.

Great Mammaw, Pappaw, & Grandaddy

sharing her gifts with cousin Eli

Shoe obsessed. Still is at 15 months

Sweet pic of PaPa Jim

She gets scared of certain figurines/stuffed animals

...but loves any lamby..kisses

Her first "string of pearls"

Good night Moon read by PaPa Jim (recordable book)

again, kisses for the lamby

Oooo, presents!

Because my mom and sister were unable to come to the Jackson shower, 2 months later we had a joint birthday party with my niece, Marley, who was born on March 29th! It was fun to do the smash cake and presents all over again :) We also got to do an egg hunt and Adele loved it!