The Smith Family: Sage's 1st Birthday Party! (February 20, 2010)

On Saturday, February 20, 2010, we had "Princess Sage's" first birthday celebration! We had it in our home and invited just family as we wanted to keep it small as not to overwhelm the birthday girl! We have had a long run of cold weather but on this special day, it warmed up to about 70 degrees and was perfect for our semi-outdoor celebration. Everything from the invitations to the cake was pink and fit for a princess. It was the perfect day and our little angel seemed to really enjoy her party, the gifts, the cake and all of the attention! Sage was such a good-natured birthday girl and did not get tired nor cry during the entire party. She really loved opening her gifts but REALLY loves opening and "reading" all of her birthday cards and cards on the gift bags.

Sage was presented with her very own cake to eat, smash or whatever! We were unsure what she would do and she just kind of stared at it them started very daintily pinching at the frosting. She kept this up so Landon decided to show her how to stick her face in the cake and take a big bite! She just started at him like he is crazy and kept on pinching at the cake. She did get a good amount of cake and frosting on her face but did not make too big of a mess.

To commemorate Sage's first year, I went through this blog and created a movie titled "Sage's Story ~ The 1st Year". It is amazing to see the changes from a tiny newborn to 1 yr old and all the fun we had over this past year. We played the movie at the party and everyone loved it (especially when the movie showed them with Sage!). Even though this was the only 1st birthday party we have ever thrown, by all accounts we think it was a HUGE success and a beautiful day for Sage and her family!

It all starts with the invitation...

Sage's thank you note...

Princess Sage's "Happy Birthday" banner greeted her party guests!

As did her balloons on the mailbox...

We even had "princess" wreaths with tiaras adorning the front door...

Sage's princess purse with princess bear and hat...

Happy 1st Birthday!

Princess party central on the porch...

The princess's throne...

Princess banner...

Even the plants were decorated in honor of the princess!

Centerpieces fit for a princess on the party tables...

Guest favor bags included a copy of the #1 hit DVD "Sage's Story~The 1st Year" & sugar princess crown cookie...

Yummy sugar princess crown cookie...

Tag on back of cookie package...

Sage & Uncle David...

Sage & Bisabuela...

The princess eats/drinks lunch!

As always...her trusty "dog-in-waiting" is ready to clean up her crumbs...

Party-goers enjoying lunch!

All done with lunch..princess is ready for gifts!

Birthday gifts!

The princess is very curious about all these gifts...

Let's get moving people!

Oh wait...the princess found some very interesting fuzz on the floor...

"Sage #1" Lightning jersey from Uncle David...

Pink chatter telephone from Kathy...

As always...Sage LOVES opening & reading her cards...

Opening her "Touch & Teach Turtle" from Aunt Theresa...

and...her "Love to Play" puppy from Aunt Theresa...

Digging into more gifts!

and...reading more cards...

Opening her beautiful locket necklace from Grandmama & Grandaddy...it has a gorgeous amethyst (Sage's birthstone) & engraved on the back with "Sage"...