Monday, September 29, 2008

First Birthday Party Fun!

Michael and Mary Ellen had their birthday party on Saturday and what fun! They loved having all the kids over and seeing the plane and butterfly decorations all over the house. Check out the slide show below to see all the fun decorations.

The whole family had "1" shirts on to celebrate M&M's special day. M&M had "1" baseball caps too but as you can tell, they didn't like them on their head for too long.

They had several friends that came to the party. Most from the neighborhood and play group. What fun! Boston even came dressed like a chicken because he knew M&M would think it was funny :-)
Daddy provided face painting for the kids. He did a great job! Who knew he was an artist?!
M&M loved the party hats and didn't seem to mind wearing them at all. Mary Ellen of course, sported her butterfly ears.
Ready for cake! Dee, my Mother, came in the night before for the party. What a relief to have some extra help and M&M have loved having her here.


They were tentative at first with the cake but warmed up quickly. Michael especially loved the yummy chocolate cake!
Such a fun day and I had a ball planning it! They were quite overwhelmed with it all but they always love new experiences and handle them pretty well. I can't believe my babies are one! I guess that means I can't call them "babies" anymore.

We are so blessed to have such perfect children. They are so much more than we ever prayed for. We would have felt overjoyed to have been able to have just one baby. God's grace is truly humbling! What a happy day!

2 comments:

Rob and Tonya Shallenberger said...

What a Party! Looks like a lot of work went into that. They deserve it right?

Is that you home? It's beautiful! You guys look so happy!

Happy birthday to Michael and Mary Ellen.

Tonya

Aly Casey said...

LOVE IT! You are such a wonderful momma to those little ones... they are so blessed! The party looks like it was a lot of fun and I wish we could have come too! Any chance you'd like to come to CA in March for Gray's 1st birthday... need some help with the cakes, and favors, and decorations - you're too good:)!!