July is the month of birthdays in our family. First me, then my mom and then Little T. As it turns out, she had 3 parties, not really intentionally, but it was a lot of fun! My mom threw her a party during our big family get together while we were in Louisiana. It was so cool to see all the cousins together again, they've grown so much! My mom and step-dad have 12 grandchildren, two live in Oregon so 10 were at the party. Of those 10, Ty is the oldest, so you can imagine it gets a little, uhm, crazy!! I do have some group shots of all of them together, but haven't even opened them yet.
Prepare yourself for snapshot overload....
My mom ordered T the coolest cupcake cake - it was massive! So big part of it fell off the side, but no one cared, it was gooooood.
Busted.
Where is Taryn? Well, since you asked, she would be under the table. Sweet little thing was afraid when everyone started to sing, so she hid under the table until we were done...
But she returned, thankfully, without much coaxing.
And she was good (we all know how much she loves to blow out candles).
And she took a que from Meredith and dove into her cake. Niiiiice.
mmmmmmmm, good stuff
Time for gifts....it cracks me up how kids gather in so close for gift opening.
She dove right in
LITERALLY
Fast forward a few weeks. When we returned home, we had a little mini party on her actual birthday. Candy donuts with candles on the morning of their birthday are a tradition for the kids, started by my mom. She was off to the side in this shot because once again, she dove under the table while we sang.
We didn't do much that day because we had just returned from our hellacious trip to Seaworld. We played and Ty fixed her her favorite lunch, mac-n-cheese, from scratch. And that night we did cake...
and she got to open one gift from us and dive into her box from her Grandma and Grandpa, Ty helped.
Note to self: next time skip the gift and just buy the kid bubble wrap. Seriously.
Because we were on vacation and just really busy, her actual birthday party with her friends in Texas got pushed off to this past weekend. I'll post those pics tomorrow, but here's a little preview....It was a Tea party with T =)
Love all the pics! That cupcake cake is awesome!!
Where did you get the short with the number "3" on it? So cute. My girls are turning 4 next month and I would love a shirt just like it.
Posted by: Kelly | August 04, 2008 at 01:39 PM
Beautiful pics! I cannot wait to see the Tea Party ones. Love the idea.
P.S. I hope your back is much better today.
Posted by: Valeria | August 04, 2008 at 02:21 PM
What great pictures.....and that cake!!! It looks so yummy...
Posted by: Laurie | August 04, 2008 at 02:56 PM
So cute and sooooo girly! I love it, can't wait for tea party pics. I just LOVE her dress too :)
Posted by: Tami | August 04, 2008 at 04:19 PM
Great shots---what a cool cupcake!!!
Posted by: Caitlin Domanico | August 04, 2008 at 04:20 PM
once again, I'm amazed, you do a fabulous at WHATEVER do you, you have inspired me to go and study more on my camera...
Posted by: Mindy | August 04, 2008 at 06:16 PM
I love it. My little girl just started playing tea party..what a great idea! I also hate to be sung happy birthday too so I totally sympathize...
Posted by: paula | August 05, 2008 at 02:55 PM
love the cookies! my mom STILL likes to tell me about when I was 3 and insisted on frosted animal crackers instead of a birthday cake for the celebration (and that was a while ago, im 27 now).
Posted by: sara | August 06, 2008 at 06:52 PM
So adorable!!! I am planning my daughters 2nd birthday party now for September. I was thinking a tea party... I must know though... where did you get the decor hangning from the ceiling. I would LOVE to get my hands on those for her party..
Please share...
:)
Thanks!!
Posted by: Ashley | August 21, 2008 at 07:12 PM