Baby's 1st Birthday

One year ago in June my sister gave birth to a beautiful little girl. It is so hard to believe that our sweet Lauren is 1 already. My sister, Corina asked me to make up some cupcakes for her first Birthday party. I wanted to do something light but also something that I've never done before. I've done the vanilla, chocolate, orange, and carrot type cupcakes. I happened across this recipe for Lemon Cream Cupcakes that sounded just too good to resist!! I ran it past Corina to see what she thought, and off we went!

Normally I wouldn't dare make a new recipe for someone that I've never tried before, but since the recipe made up 30 or so, I thought I'd give myself enough time to make a new batch just incase something disastrous happened. I really shouldn't have worried, they were fantastic!!! The cupcakes themselves were so moist, and had just a hint of lemon. But the best part as always is the icing...it was so perfect, just enough sweetness but not too much and the lemon was just right! My husband Ryan & our boys couldn't stop eating them :)

I decided to go for pretty sprinkles on the icing. I was thinking of making little faces to put ontop of each one, but after some consideration I realized that Lauren would really not mind if I didn't do up a face for each one...maybe with her next birthday!

When the big day arrived we were blessed with a day that started out great, not too hot, just enough wind to keep it comfortable at the Lake. Well, then the skies opened up!! My Dad grabbed the tarp from his trunk and he and my Uncle managed to string it up and presto, we had a roof!! We all ran under the tarp and I huddled under an umbrella and BBQ'd along with my brother-in-law Ian. Despite the rain it was so much fun!!! When the moment arrived for Lauren to eat her cupcake, I was so nervous. I wanted her to be happy with what I'd made especially for her, didn't have to wait too long...she started to "Yum" virtually right away and didn't stop until she'd eaten the whole cupcake.