Birthday Party {part 2}

The cupcake! Holly's idea, of course. We got a piece of plywood, outlined the cupcake, painted it and then cut the hole for the cherry!

Emily is my cherry on top! She's the best!


The spread! We had mini sandwiches, dips and chips, potato salad, pasta salad, cheese and crackers and fruit. Notice the handmade ribbon garland that Holly worked on during her lunch hour at work.

Cupcake bar. Holly made mini cupcakes. We bought white spray icing and then had different colored sugar and sprinkles for the kids to decorate.

The carnation cupcakes. So cute! I got little terra cotta pots, put floral foam inside and arranged 4-5 carnations, then put the candle in the middle.

The cake! I found what I had wanted on pinkcakebox.com. They have beautiful cakes. I took the picture to Chuck's and they did a wonderful job. I looks just like the picture!

The cupcake tower. It was just a plain cupcake tower and Holly hot clued a pink tutu and boa to the bottom. Then, spray painted a "1" pink and added a cupcake to the side for the top.

These were the favor bags with the cute personalized stickers I bought. They say "Thank you for making Emily's 1st Birthday so sweet".

What was in the favor bags:

*Water with a piece of cupcake paper wrapped around the top

*Cupcake tattos

*Cupcake kalediscopes

* Cupcake Rice Crispy

*Cupcake bubbles

Rice Crispy cupcakes that Holly made. She cut them out with a cupcake cookie cutter, dipped then in white chocolate, put sprinkles and a red m&m on top.

Mini Reese's cupcakes! Holly put them on lollipop sticks and used a can of the white spray icing, then put sprinkle and a mini m&m on top. Too bad she left them in the truck for just a minute and they all melted. They were my fav!

My Super Sweet 1st Birthday! {part 1}

Planning this party felt like planning a super sweet 16 party and we should be on MTV. But, it was for the sweetest little girl in the world!! I have to thank Holly for doing pretty much everything. Emily is so lucky to have such a wonderful aunt!

It turned out to be the most perfect day! There was a 40% chance of rain, but it missed us and wasn't too hot! Emily on the other hand wasn't feeling so well! She had a little fever and runny nose. But, was over it the next day, so I think it was teething. She wasn't really into her cake. She like to put her hands in the icing. I think she liked the E on the front of her high chair more! Oh yeah, and you'll notice a mark on her right cheek in some of the pictures. She had her party hat on at home before we left and she pulled the elastic and popped herself on the cheek. It was a big welp!

So, I have a million and one pictures from the party from my camera and Holly's camera. I'm going to post pictures of people at the party in this post and then I'll post what we did for the party in the next post. We had about 45 people and Emily racked up on the gifts. I couldn't believe how much stuff she got!

My Little Cheerleader!

Isn't this the cutest thing you've ever seen? She actually looks like she's doing a cheer. We watched the first Hog game on pay-per-view at our house after Emily's party. She had to wear one of her uniforms that my friend Karen was nice enough to hand down to us! So adorable!

Giggle Box!!!

I was taking pictures of Emily and Samson HATES the flash!! He freaks out over it (and lightning)! She thinks he's so funny when he runs around and I got a few pictures of her cracking up. I wished I would have got video, but it was the flash that was making him freak out!

If you enlarge this one you can see her new top teeth!

1st Baseball Game

Steve, Emily, my Dad, my Dad's friend, Randy and I all went to a Natural's baseball game last week. I thought it was going to rain, but it ended up clearing out and it was a great night for some baseball. Emmy loved the mascot, "Strike" and watching the ball. She was a good girl all night long! She wore her baseball outfit that was a 6-9 months! It was a little snug around those chunky thighs, but I was determined for her to wear it!

I think she looks sooo much like Steve in this picture!!

Look Who's Walking!!!

Emily is officially a "Walker"!! She took her first step on July 22nd. She's getting better and better every day and it's so cute!