The Birthday Girl

IT was a wonderful birthday party for my little girl! I cannot believe that she will be 2 on September 1st. It's hard to believe that another year has gone by; yet, I can't believe everything that has happened within that year. WOW, we are truly very blessed! We decided to still keep the party simple, she doesn't know the difference yet so we did just a day at the lake and it was perfect! Jeremy and CK headed over Friday morning because she ran a fever all night Thursday night (figures before a big event) so we could not send her to school on Friday. She was in such a sweet mood Friday but she still wasn't quite herself. Somehow Hurricane Irene did give us a little bit of a breeze and slightly less humidity so it was so nice. Friday night we cooked out, then mom and dad sat with CK on the dock, while Jeremy and I rode the seadoo forever until the sun was almost down. It was gorgeous out on the water and I have been waiting a long time for this.

Saturday was the same way, just gorgeous weather and all the kids had so much fun swimming in the pool, in the river (yuck!), and playing non-stop. Charlee Kate had fun, but she still wasn't quite herself. I don't think she ate much of ANYTHING that whole day. You will see how happy she is in the pictures. All of these took place before everyone got there and then it sort of went down hill. She just wanted mommy and daddy and wasn't quite feeling well. That is why there are NO pictures with her and anyone else. We never did get them. I am hoping to get more on Thursday when it is her REAL birthday.

Her party was great though. I just loved it all. She loves Dora and she loves Minnie Mouse so we went the whole Minnie Mouse theme... much cuter, haha! But it wasn't too much of a theme, stayed simple, but we served lunch and had plenty of goodies. That was enough to make it fun! So here are all the pictures of our day.... there are lots! I am looking forward to a wonderful week, a fun party at her school on Thursday, and then off to see K&K and the kids. We can't wait!!! I will post as much as I can this week.

Her little table with all the goodies! The adorable birthday banner I ordered got mailed to Tampa so we didn't have it. Then I looked for a minnie mouse balloon and NONE so I did the best with what I had, LOL.

THE TABLE: I do not like the elaborate decorated cakes. They are usually good for ONE thing... looking pretty! I have to have something that tastes yummy! I always used Wrights for every birthday no matter whose it was when we lived in Tampa. Now that we are in B'ham, I have two of my favorite favorite choices! CK's cake was strawberry with cream cheese icing and I didn't even have words on it b/c I hate that icing. Instead I put her cute Minnie Mouse birthday hat on top and it turned out adorable. The Minnie Mouse cookies all around the cake are from CK's favorite cookie store. My mom made Minnie Mouse oreo cookies that turned out really cute!!

Those bows on the dress did not want to stay tied but they did not seem to bother her.

The pink swavorski converse.... my favorites!!!!

Look at that hair finally growing!

Watching Dora while holding her balloon. Probably HER idea of a perfect birthday, LOL

Party favor bags

Charlee Kate just LOVES Nathan. She is always asking about "Nate Nate". She just goes straight to him and lays her head on his shoulder. He is so good to play with her too.





She loved to see what everyone was doing in the lake. This is what she would do while we rode the sea doo at night.... just sit and watch.

Haley and CK!

Oh the sidewalk chalk became a HUGE hit. This was 6 hours after swimming, lunch, and napping. Everyone was winding down and CK started passing out chalk to everyone. By the end she had 7 people on the ground drawing then she recruited adults, haha
Blowing out her candle. She was so tired and not feeling good that she had to go to bed before we cut the cake. So we saved her piece and she blew out the candle a few hours later.

The day after her birthday. We had such a nice morning sitting on the porch and relaxing. I had my coffee and we sat in the fabulous swing we have! CK moved her chair to the door and sat and sang at the top of her lungs and talked and talked. We loved just listening to her.