Birthday Announcement Pictures - Take One

So I thought it would be fun to try and get Alyssa's First Birthday pictures taken for her announcement/invitation.  Easier said than done.  I was lacking creativity and caffeine and so the experience didn't turn out as I planned but we got some cute...and entertaining...pictures along the way....

Obviously, I wanted her birthday banner behind her.  Our original thought was to have a card announcing "Our Little Cupcake is Turning 1!" since she will be a cupcake for Halloween, we thought this would be cute PLUS give us an extra wear out of the outfit!

But after looking at the pics... it didn't look right... cute... but not what I was going for....

So then I kept the outfit on but switched to a headband...cute..but still not it...

Then I thought I'd lose the cupcake outfit and just dress her in her cute new outfit and take some pretty girl pictures :)

Her ability to sit still is waning here...

Yep, I lost her to the beads...oh well... we can try again another day!