Sunday, November 18, 2007

Birthday Girl.


Abby's birthday turned out to be a great one. Mom made it home just in time from her trip to Utah (this trip deserves a post all by itself...Later!) to hug the cute girl and get everything ready for her party. This is her opening her presents from family (this actually didn't happen until this morning because Abby was wiped out last night from all the partying!)




I think Isaac might like this gift more than Abby. But they love to play with it together! And oh yeah, Isaac got a huge bruise under his eye yesterday morning. He ran into our window sill (his eyes were closed...crazy boy) so the tattoo band-aid it was!

The cutest birthday girl ever!

She wasn't sure what to think of this "ladybug" cake. For those of you questioning my cake decorating skills, you are right! I'm not good at this...but let's just give me the benefit of the doubt, I did only get home that morning and was working on maybe 6 hours of sleep in a 48 hour time period. AND I had never made a two layer cake before. This was the best I could do, I don't think Abby really noticed though :)


"The Meltdown" (no explanation needed)


The balloons were Abby's favorite part. She didn't eat the cake, only some icing. She was not a very good napper that day so when it was finally time for cake, she was thinking it should really be bedtime. But she made it through her first birthday party! Hurray! Thank you everyone who joined us to make Abby's day extra special!

9 comments:

*K*R*I*S*T*Y* said...

I'm so sad I missed this!The cake looks SO cute! And the toy she got is what I've been really wanting to get Gavin, looks like a lot of fun. Glad you made it home safe from your trip!

dixonfamily said...

Thanks for including us in the party! The cakes was so cute and tasted so yummy! You and Amy set the bar pretty high when it comes to birthday parties! We had a great time and think Abby is just so darn cute! Happy Birthday Abby!

Danielle said...

i think that's an AMAZING cake! Happy birthday Abby!

Zach 'n' Jack said...

happy birthday abby!! Thanks SO much for inviting us, we had so much fun! Amazing job for having just gotten back from Utah, you are crazy! You did fabulous!

Jillyboo said...

I think that birthday cake is absolutely adorable, great job! It is such a trip when our babies have their first birthday, almost surreal.

Meredith said...

what are you talking about...that cake looks awesome! and especially on little sleep and high stress:) you have two lucky little kids to have you as a mom.

thepainterfamily said...

this party was too fun! I LOVED the cake...you are SO creative to have thought of that! It tasted wonderful too! Abby is such a sweetheart, Zach is in love!

Holly Moore said...

Hey! I didn't know you and Richie had kids! Congrats, they are gorgeous!!

liza said...

that is quite the stylin cake... you did a fabulous job. your dad sent me your link. hard to believe she is one! they both look adorable.