Ember's 1st Birthday Party

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Preparations:

The preparations were being made weeks before the actual party but here are a few last minute preparations that took place the week of. 

Welcome to PUMPKIN AVENUE inside our condo! :)

This is what Ember's closet has looked like for the last little bit housing the party supplies!

Dustin and Dad carving out the middle of some pumpkins to put flowers in to be the centerpieces on the tables.

PARTY DAY SET UP:

Here is the scene before the guests arrived:

The food table complete with Autumn Brittle, Fruit Skewers, Candy Corn and Peanuts, Sweet Potato Cake in the shape of a pumpkin, Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats, and Roasted Red Pepper Hummus.

These were the centerpieces on each of the 3 tables to eat on.

Here is the warm drink table with Spiced Cider and Pumpkin Spice Latte (caramel and whip cream for toppings, of course!)

This is the table for guests to write a small note to Ember to be put into a scrapbook. There are also Pumpkin Spice Cake Pops for the guests to take as a "Thank You"

Some more decorations

The hay bale of presents! Ember has some very generous family and friends :)

And my absolute FAVORITE! That hay bales set up!!! I loved how it turned out even though the lighting in this picture doesn't do it justice!

PARTY TIME:

Here is the birthday girl ready for the party!

Here is Ember with her Grandma and Grandpa Flin and her Mima! Pappy had to work last minute :(

And the birthday girl with her puppy :)

After everyone got some food to eat, we sang to Ember and let her have her 1st cake! It was a "healthy" cake made of bananas and applesauce and the frosting was cream cheese and apple juice concentrate! She LOVED the frosting!

The boys!!

Next, we opened presents! Ember stayed surprisingly engaged with the process and got a lot of cool stuff!

The happy birthday girl!!

Ember and her friends checking out the goods!

THE AFTER PARTY(AKA PLAY TIME):

During her nap, I got some pictures of Ember's cool new things so that she could dig in after a little rest! 

Ember got a caterpillar tunnel to crawl through, a singing snail with a mirror, a soft cuddly baby doll and also a more real like baby doll that sucks her pacifier and thumb, a Taggie book, a book and stuffed Humphrey the elephant to help tell the story, a Veggie Tales and Baby Einstein DVD, a Cheerios book, and a box of Mother Goose story books.

Here are some of her styling clothes that Ember also got!

Ember's first pair of Pediped shoes

And SILVER! For her future :)

The Mews made her a really cool personalized puzzle!

YEAH! Ember loves ALL of it! Thank you to everyone! We love you all and missed those who were unable to be with us to celebrate! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMBER!!