CaRoLiNe'S cUpCaKe PaRtY!!

Caroline,

We celebrated your first birthday a few days early yesterday with a party at Mammy and Pappa's house. We had so much fun and it was obvious that you are SO loved by all of the family and friends that came. We decided to do a play on "sweet caroline" and do a cupcake theme. When all of your friends first came, we played outside for awhile and then everyone came inside and decorated a cupcake, even the babies! We also had a cake, ice cream, and a pinata. You were a little unsure of all of the attention and people that were surrounding you, so you did cry a little, but you cheered right on up and had fun with all of your friends. These were all of the people that were there: Mommy and Daddy, Your great-grandparents: Maggie, Mymamma and Pop, Granny and Grandaddy; Your grandparents: Mammy and Papa, MeMe and Pappy; your Aunts and UNcles: Ginny, John, Kate, Dave, Vic, Angie, and your honorary Aunt Taylor, Your first cousins: Mary Bibb, Virginia, and Hannah; your other cousins: Luke, Mary Frances, and Katie, Great Aunt Carol and all your friends (plus their parents) Lillianna and Ellenie Parsons, Sam and Anna Kate Stephenson, Maggie Garnett, Sydney Lewis, Emma Hensley McMasters, Wade Heidecker, Sarah Laine Kuhlman, and Abby Collins. You are such a sweet and blessed little girl to have such great family and friends. I love you so much!

The Set-UpYour Cake

The Birthday Girl! ...loving the slideCaroline with her 3 great-grandmothers.The Three Muskateers!Aunt Tay Tay is sooooo funny!Abby and Sam cruising around the backyard.

Caroline and cousin Hannah.The Birthday girl and Anna Kate.Cupcake time!

Lillianna and her masterpiece!Emma Hensley, Sam and Sarah Laine are working hard.Bibby helped Caroline blow out her candles.

Caroline poking at her "smash" cake. She did not get into it as much as I thought she would. She kept poking it with one finger and giggling.Then, I gave Virginia some of Caroline's smash cake and she did get into it!!

Maggie and Sydney, looking too cute in their matching outfits, decided that they liked Dan's lap.Pinata Fun......Opening presents.