the party was very nice. it was raining and it was cold, but it turned out very well. except for a stupid neighbor incident (another post), we had a most lovely time. we had guests that drove from "up north" and continued on to aubriee's birtday party several states away. happy birthday, aubriee!
i know you want to see pics. i've gone through a handful of them so here you go:
another picture of the cake all set up and pretty. notice the monkey tribute.
the cake candles were a big hit with the birthday girl:
there are no 'cake smash' pictures because she had no interest in the cake. only after we gave her a spoon and she pounded the cake with it. no fun mess.
she looked fetching in her party dress (pardon the colors here, they are a bit wonky because a friend of mine picked up my camera and switched it to auto mode and started shooting away... i haven't taken the time to adjust them)
she got lots of great loot. our own 'where's waldo' photo op.
it's great to be 'back to normal.
glad the party was fun! she looks adorable in those pictures! :)
Posted by: jenny | April 26, 2008 at 11:37 AM
wow, she did make out good!:) hehe...
the party looked so beautiful. you did a great job putting it together! (do i sound like i attended?)
Posted by: Jaime | April 26, 2008 at 12:25 PM
Looks like you had a fun party, despite the lousy weather! Happy b-day to your monkey girl.
Posted by: anne | April 26, 2008 at 03:33 PM
Looks like a good time. Monkey girl is a beautiful one year old, must be the genes!
Posted by: Jan | April 26, 2008 at 05:09 PM
The shirt pales in comparison to the cake. I am still super impressed and in love.
Posted by: Karen | April 26, 2008 at 05:19 PM
oh, I love her dress!! where did you get that?!
the cake is still fabulous, the party looks grand... hope you all had a marvelous time and happy birthday to the newest one year old!!
(LOVE her *real* name by the way!)
Posted by: heather | April 26, 2008 at 06:10 PM
I LOVE HER NAME! What a beautiful party for such a beautiful little girl. She is such a doll!
Posted by: Hyphen Mama | April 26, 2008 at 08:44 PM
She is the cutest!! I love the dress.
PB got a vacuum and that activity chair for her 1st b-day too. She loves both of them. I love when she lounges in the chair.
Anywhoo
HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY MISS MONKEY GIRL!!
Posted by: Robyn | April 26, 2008 at 09:05 PM
She is the cutest little girl ever!! I LOVE HER DRESS!! That is her color!! :) Also i love your happy birthday sign! It looks like she got aton of fun stuff!! :)
Posted by: Miranda | April 26, 2008 at 10:13 PM
You are so Creative and what a Fun Birthday Party! Her party dress is too Cute!
Posted by: Denise | April 27, 2008 at 07:04 PM
WOW! The cake is AWESOME! You are a talented individual!
The pics are great- looks like she had a wonderful first birthday!
Posted by: Holly Tye | April 30, 2008 at 08:28 PM