Birthday Party - Part 3 - Cupcakes Glaore!

This is the final installment in my three part Birthday Party Blog Series.

Anybody who knows my mama knows she likes to throw a party, and she doesn't just throw any old party, she throws an AMAZING party!

Seeing that I am completely in love with cupcakes mama had no choice but to create a cupcake extravaganza! 

Mama and I hand made all of the invitations to my party, how cute are these?!?!

The cupcake pulls out of the wrapper to reveal the party details.

Mama's next creation was the party favors for my friends.

This is what was in side.  Thanks to Pinterest mama learned how to make your own custom shirts.

Of course, I had to dress the part.  I got my dress at Crazy 8 in Rochester and it has cupcakes all over it!  (That is me and my Great Grandma Joan.)

Of course, no party is complete without some great food and drinks.  Of course there was a cupcake stand.  Mama had veggies for the adults and peaches, kix and cheese and crackers for the kids!

Mama even found plates and napkins with cupcakes.

Mama says no party is complete without a few bottles of wine (for the adults, of course).  Turns out there is a brand of wine called "Cupcake".

Even the wine glasses have cupcakes!!!

Cupcakes Galore!

Have a good weekend,
Linden

Birthday Party - Part 2 - Friends

As promised, I'm back!  (if you missed part one check it out).

Mama planned my friends party for Sunday afternoon.  I was so excited I couldn't sleep! (Mama and daddy weren't so happy that I didn't take my nap before the party...)

Getting ready for the party was a lot of work.  Daddy put up all of the decorations.  Mama got all of the food and drinks ready.  And I had the difficult job of picking out my favorite toys so we would have something to play with!

I had a lot of friends show up, and we had a great time.  Almost all of my friends were born within a few weeks of me.

Here are some fun photos from the party!

As you can see, we had a great time.

I think I have blogged enough for tonight, but there is one more part to my Birthday Weekend post. 

Stay tuned,
Linden

Birthday Party - Part 1 - Family

Alright ladies and gentlemen, I have neglected my blog long enough, and to make up you will be receiving more than one post today.

I didn't just have a birthday party, I had a birthday weekend.  When you are as special as me one day just won't do.  My birthday weekend started on Friday (my actual birthday) celebrating with my mama and daddy.

When I woke up from my nap on Saturday Great Grandma Joan, Grandma Carolyn, Grandpa Tim and Auntie Megan were at my house.  It wasn't too much longer before Grandma Nancy, Grandpa Bob and Auntie Heidi arrived.  It was time to PARTY!

I had a lot of fun opening presents.  The tissue paper was really crinkly and was fun to rip into little pieces.

I got a lot of great things, here I am reading my new Clifford book.  It has little places where I can feel different textures.

Auntie Heidi, Grandma Nancy and Grandpa Bob got me a Little People tractor and school bus. 

I am really glad it came with instructions, I found out all sorts of neat features.

After presents we had lunch then I had to take my afternoon nap.  Not long after I woke up Cousin Tyler and Auntie Wendy arrived!!  Here I am with my cousin, he always seems to play hockey right before he comes to see me.  In fact, the first time I met him he had just gotten done playing hockey.  (I don't think I want to be a hockey player...they are smelly!)

The party didn't end here, but I already showed you my cake pictures so there isn't much else to say.

I'll be back!
Linden

Digging in!

I had a FANTASTIC birthday weekend!  The quick version...I got to celebrate with mama and daddy on Friday, had a family party on Saturday morning, the Chili Cook-Off Saturday evening, and a friends party today!

I can't fit the details of all the events into this blog so I am going to start with the sweet stuff...FROSTING!!

My Cousin Tyler has a birthday really close to mine so we celebrated together.  Mama and daddy got me a little cake that I got to eat all by myself (I'm not sure why nobody wanted to share...) and everybody else ate Cousin Tyler's ice cream cake.

My cake was really cute...

I was really excited when I saw it, although I wasn't really sure what to do with it at first.  There were really cute little flower sprinkles so I decided to try one of those first.

The first sprinkle was pretty good.  As I was picking up the next sprinkle I got a little frosting on my finger and it was DELICIOUS! I decided I had to go in for a bigger taste.

Once I got down to the cake I was hooked!  This birthday thing is AMAZING!  I couldn't help myself...I picked up my cake and tried to take a big bite!

I didn't eat my entire cake, but I did eat quite a bit.  Did I tell you it was amazing?

I had a great birthday weekend, I can't wait to do it again.  I need to go to bed, we have another busy week ahead.

Linden

Sliding into One!

Happy Birthday to me!!

Today was a pretty great day.  It started off with mama and daddy singing Happy Birthday to me.  Then I got my first birthday present.  Then I realized that it was snowing.  Then I got to go hang out with my friends at daycare!!  When I got home from daycare I had another surprise, Auntie Megan was here!!!  It was a pretty great day.

Back to my first birthday present...Mama and daddy got me a slide!!  To be perfectly honest, I liked the pretty ribbons that mama put on the side of it better than I liked the slide, but I know that it is going to be my favorite toy pretty soon.

Turns out, being one is pretty fantastic.  I can't wait to see what this year has in store for me!
Linden

Last Day Being 0

Alright Ladies and Gentlemen, the countdown is almost over!  Less than 24 hours until I am no longer Zero, when I wake up tomorrow I will finally be ONE!!!

I have had a lot of firsts over the past year, but I think this is going to be the most exciting.  After tomorrow mama can no longer call me her baby, now I will be her big girl!  (I'm sure she is still going to insist on calling me her baby...probably until I am at least 13...)  After tomorrow, I am definitely going to be more grown up.

Mama and I have been doing a lot of work getting ready for my birthday weekend.  We have ordered all of the cakes (we are celebrating my Cousin Tyler's birthday as well), we have gotten all of the food, bought the balloons and decorations, and today we got the party favors put together!  I can't wait!

Off to bed, I need my beauty sleep!
Linden

My First Paycheck

A few months ago mama heard that a local company, Gopher Sport, was looking for babies to do some modeling.  It sounded like fun so mama signed me up.

I was very nervous the day of the photo shoot, I really wanted to make sure I did a good job.  When we got to the place there were a couple other babies there and playing with them helped me relax.

I got to play on these really neat play structures (Play With a Purpose) and had a great time!

Cruise, Crawl & Slide Infant/Toddler Loft

I think my favorite thing I did there was playing on the slide.  Once I discovered how it worked I was hooked!  I didn't want to stop playing.

Step and Slide Infant/Toddler Loft

I also like playing peek-a-boo in the tunnel.  The windows were pretty neat too.

Super Submarine Crawler

I had so much fun playing that I was surprised when mama told me it was time to go home, I thought I had some serious modeling to do?

I hope I get to do some more modeling soon!

Linden

(By the way...Two more days until my Birthday!!!)