Saturday, September 6, 2008

CeleBrAte, CeLebRAte!!

we have had such a fun weekend! and it was all centered around Bowen! YAY! he is getting more fun every day and growing from baby to boy very fast! so we celebrated! we started on thursday, his actual birthday, with a friend party...Yes, he has friends! he was pretty sober about the whole idea until we whipped out the cupcakes and then he decided that this whole party thing was an excellent idea! thursday night grandpa and grandma took him out to dinner for his birthday, and being his parents, james and i were able to tag along. bowen (really bowen's mom! he he) was thrilled to get the FREE birthday cheescake! thanks Blackstone!! On friday we had all the family over for some birthday fun! if you know anything about me, you know 1. i love birthday's and 2. i love to decorate for parties, so this was a win win for me! and i think it turned out pretty dang cute if i don't say so myself. and Bowen, the most important part of the party, he was golden! so cute the whole night! he had no problem with the fact that mom let him eat anything and everything, including 'bubble juice' (ie. pop) AND cake! i'm sure he felt he was back in Heaven for a minute!! so, since the two days included 100 photos (yes, that is the exact number) here it goes. if your sad you weren't there...don't worry all the pictures will make you feel as if you were! so grab the closest cake and ice cream, sit down and watch the celebration unfold!

The FRiEnd PaRTy.....


the DinNEr wiTh GraNDpA and gRanDMa SaUNdeRs.....
the BIG party....

the InVITatiON...
the DECOR....

the CakE......

the FaMIly......

the GiFTs.....


the BirTHdaY BoY'S caKE....

the AFteR PaRTy....

yes, after everyone started leaving bowen went through and finished off all the half-eaten plates! and boy, was he excited about it!!
HaPpy BirThdAy BuDdy!!
now, i better go..i only have 363 days to plan birthday number 2!

7 comments:

Ryan and Alisha said...

Marci, those pics are so cute. They do grow so fast. it's so fun to watch them grow, but so sad because before you know it they are so big! it makes you want more kids just to have the baby stages back:)

Sanders said...

You are the best party thrower EVER! So cute and I am glad you didn't go skimpy on the pictures. BTW I love the picture with all of our kiddos. Too bad Brody is sopping wet! And the cake really was amazing go Whitney!

Courtney said...

How fun! The decoration and cake were so adorable! What wonderful parent Bowen has!

Amanda said...

umm,.. where did you have than cake made? I love it!!! How cute is all of that stuff!!! What a lucky boy to have such a partier for a mom!! ;)

Gailey Family said...

So Marci consider yourself booked to plan Eastons second birthday party! So adorable. And I love all of the pictures. It is such a bittersweet thing watching them grow. But it gets better everyday!

m@R(! said...

that is awesome...whitney made an amaing cake!!!! i love the pictures of all the kids..i am still amazed that they all stayed in one place long enough to get a picture

Ash & Tim said...

The party looks amazing -nice job! I love the cake it is gorgeous I don't think I would be able to eat it, it just looks to perfect. The party looks great Bowen looks so cute.