Thursday, March 11, 2010

Birthday Bash










* Sorry the pictures are once again in no order, guess you get to figure out what they are of, shouldn't be too hard :)
Yesterday was such a fun day! I love birthdays in general, think having mine is great, but having a birthday for your child is the very best! Alli has been really excited for almost 2 months about getting a "bike" for her birthday because she found a picture and anytime her birthday comes up she reminds us what she's hoping for. She wore her birthday crown from Julia & Audrey pretty much all day. Ryan put one of her presents together in the morning and she loved playing with her baby in all the places it could be (the cradle, swing, and high chair). We made cupcakes in the morning (I should have taken a picture they were super cute-bright pink and white frosting-one as the base and other as either a flower, smiley face, since those are some of her favorite things, or pattern on top). We took those around to some special family members so they could wish her a happy birthday. Last night we had a little party for her and she had so much fun. All of the kids (and some adults) decorate crowns, we had pizza (since that's one of Alli's favorite foods), opened presents, and had some amazing cake. Thank you to everyone who came for making it such a great day! She was completely spoiled by her presents and loves every one of them (she got a stick horse MADE by Christie, a cute kitty stuffed animal and some darling hair clips (MADE by Erin), a zhu zhu pet, a stuffed dog in a carrier, a cut outfit, and mom and dad came through with the bike. Our camera broke last weekend so we've been using the back up which is REALLY slow on the processing so thank you to Jeremy for taking pictures for us!

6 comments:

Erin said...

all the kids had a blast, speedy woke up this morning talking about all the stuff amanda gave him. i hope you have fun on your trip. there are a group of ladies that get together every once in a while to make bows, let me know if you would want ever come. i was going to invite you to the next one, but it's today at my house and that doesn't really work out for you.

Cori said...

love the cake, love the crowns, love Alli!! Wish we were closer to help celebrate. oh yeah and I love the red wall and all those cute decorations!!pless

Willis Family said...

I love the cake and she is to stinking cute! Hope you had fun in California.

Magdalena said...

Can't wait to see you guys this week! Sad we missed the party, and I LOVE the cake, super cute. {Your kitchen turned out amazing.}

Paige Archer said...

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!! what a fun party you guys had!!!!!!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT CUTE CAKE!!!!!! HOPE YOU DONT MIND I TOTALLY COPIED AND PASTED THAT PICTURE ONTO MY COMPUTER SO I CAN SAVE IT!!!!! IT WAS ALL JUST TOO CUTE!!!!! SURE DO LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU!!!!! HOPE YOU AND YOUR DARLING FAMILY ARE DOING FABULOUS!!!!!! love ya lots!!!!!!!! -paigey :)

E said...

Amanda, she might have the cutest little smirky smile I've ever seen!