Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Petunia's First Birthday Extravaganza

I absolutely cannot believe this girl is one all ready.
Holy mother of Batman!!
(She is absolutely too big for her britches.)
We decided to have her birthday party with family and a few friends on her actual birthday. It seemed like a great idea at the time because we were going to keep it "small" but I never stick to the original plan most of the time.
Thankfully I had "elves" helping me out to make this party go so smoothly....and delicious. Grandma and Grandpa Baer stayed with us through the week and watched the kids for us. They were enlisted to help decorate while Luke and I were at work, pick up balloons from the party store and...and they even cleaned. THANK YOU mom and dad. My other set of elves, Grandma and Grandpa Hogue, picked up Petunia's birthday cake and cupcakes for us from Sweet Surrender and I think everyone was very pleased...... They were incredible. THANK YOU Bob and Nancy!
I wish I had these elves 24 hours a day! :)














Grandma Hogue made the cupcake dress for her
















The "spread" of cupcakes: key lime, milk chocolate, peanut butter and strawberry.











Grandpa Hogue and Grandpa Baer with the birthday girl.











Luke and his ol' buddy ol' pal--"Kimsey."












I want it NOWWWWWWWW!












The boys with Kimsey's little boy.












Petunia was fascinated by Carianne's necklace and was trying to talk her out of it for a last minute birthday gift.












Blowing out the candles on her strawberry "cupcake cake."












"Grams" (Great Grandma Josefine) and Petunia












This little girl made out like a bandit....thankfully. She needed some toys...and "girly" stuff.

















Aunt Jenny gave her a Cabbage Patch doll that belonged to her when she was a little girl. We LOVE CPK dolls!

















Bubba and Tubbs got her a stroller and a baby doll with a carrier. It was a hit!!

















Family of five....has survived the first year! :)
Happy Birthday---we LOVE you Tooney Roon-Rooney!

5 comments:

The Queen Bee said...

Only on your first birthday and your last birthday is it ok to be photographed buck naked with a birthday hat on! Love it!! Happy Birthday little one.

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Kristin said...

Happy Birthday to Scout! I have to add that you are looking fabulous these days!!!

Carrie said...

Sweet mother of pearl that naked backpack pic is fan-freaking-tastic! Happy birthday baby girl!

kristi said...

Looks like a lovely time! I cannot believe how beautiful she is. She looks just like Katie, with blond hair.

That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....

So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.

Florida 2008