Elmo Party

Well, today was the day!

It was this girl's 2nd birthday party:

The theme: Elmo

For two weeks I've been telling Blakely about her upcoming party. This morning I said 'are you ready to see everyone?' She replied 'yay! Elma-party Elma-party!'

My mom made the cake-look how precious it turned out!!! She is so talented & I am so blessed to have had her take care of this part of the party for me! LOVED IT!

Memaw and her sweet great-grandson. I absolutely love this picture-Parker was an absolute angel at the party because Memaw aka the baby whisperer was holding him! We are hiring her full-time, just haven't told her yet =)

 Mimi & Gran gave B a picnic table, picnic basket & the cutest dress! She LOVES it so much! I already put it outside & we'll just say, she hasn't wanted to come inside yet!

 My sweet princess posing for pictures-attempting to get a shot of her Elmo birthday shirt.

 Such a prissy little girl!

 There it is!

 Love Love Love this one! Blakely was SO excited. She ran over to Parker and Memaw, gave Parker a HUGE kiss and looked up at me with THAT smile! Nothing is sweeter than seeing your child so happy and loving!

 All the kiddos enjoyed their pizza at B's new table! Each child actually walked to the table by themselves! It amazes me that they are all old enough to make these kind of decisions!

 Then we started opening gifts-Talk about overload-she was totally swamped with new toys for her birthday! She got this fruit/bakery stand, a set of Melissa and Doug Doughnuts, TWO cash registers, a Minnie Mouse coloring book, a Minnie Mouse play set with tons of shoes, dresses & bows for her to change, and of course the adorable cake from Kaki & Wolfie! Whew, y'all totally over-did but we are SO grateful & LOVE everything!

 A kite & super fun bubbles from Matt, Sarah and Audrey

 A beach/sand wheelbarrow filled with sand toys & a couple Mickey Mouse books from Memaw!

 An Elmo pop-up book, Dancing with the Stars Elmo edition, and a mini graco pack n' play, stroller, bouncer, and stroller for her baby dolls (or Raffe) from Nikki & Brian!

 A couple of books for things we're working on with B (Potty & Tub) & a set of Eric Carl cards to teach from Darrell, Sharmin & Sophia!

 An adorable Critter Clinic filled with fun vet tools, a dog & a cat! This one went to bed with her last night she loved it so much! =) Thank you SO much to everyone who showered her with gifts! We are so blessed!!!

 After gifts we sang 'Happy Birthday' & blew out our candles.

 She LOVED the cake pops!

 And today is still asking for another 'bite'...

 Here we have Aunt Alli, Elle & baby Shaw-awaiting her appearance sometime in July or August! Yes people, she is 8 months pregnant-and looks like a million bucks!

 Here were the kid's favors...

 Nikki, Brian & Blakely about to head back to Atl- Thank you for making the trip, you made Blakely feel so special (& us too)!

 In front of the B'day wreath Aunt Alli made-LOVE this!

Really her party just kicked off what I like to call 'birthday week'. Today we are going for 2 year pictures-(if the weather cooperates!)

Thanks so everyone who made this time so special! We love you all!!!