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I didn’t know smash cake was a “thing” until I had a baby. Once I had Petit Macaron, my Pinterest board suddenly started showing baby smash cakes. I thought it such a cute idea and filed the idea away for his first birthday. When his first birthday began to approach, I decided I really wanted […]

I waived off all those people that told me when Petit Macaron was born that the first year would go fast. At the time, each day was long and hard and I felt in over my head. Then we got into a groove and life just continued moving forward. Now all of sudden, his one […]

Little Bug is going to be one in about a week here and I have scheduled one-year photos and a cake smash session with the photographer that did his newborn and 6-month photos. I like to have a small theme for some of the photos and for both of my kids, I went with a […]

Dear Son, Soon you will be one.  And I am sitting here wondering, “Where has the time gone?” I still remember when the ultrasound technician told us you were a boy. And I was excited and scared.  I had never raised a boy. And I never had any brothers. And I’m not a boy. If […]

A baby’s first birthday (dohl) is traditionally a big event in Korean culture. In the past many children didn’t live until their first birthday, so the milestone was an important one marked with a big celebration; it’s a tradition that has carried on to current day. The 1-year birthday party is often similar to a wedding, with a […]

One year ago I gave birth across the room from a former workmate whose family hails from Argentina. I call her Mrs. Argentina. I imagine we’ll have at least one joint birthday party together, but for this year I had a relatively simple barbeque, and she put together what I would call a pin-worthy party. […]

I wanted to keep Winter’s first birthday relatively simple. We have at least one barbeque each summer that usually coincides with my own birthday (two days after Winter’s!), so we just tied it into Winter’s birthday party. I honestly wasn’t planning on doing anything big, but after being asked several times what my “theme” would […]