Molly celebrated her first birthday with lots of her cousins, aunts, uncles, and all of her grandparents today! I can't imagine a luckier girl in all the world to have so many people adore her. Molly's guest cake was a page from our favorite book: Snowmen in the Night and her smash cake was a basic #1. We had practiced blowing for a few days, but when the cameras were on and the audience appeared, Molly was not about to be center stage! But she had a cousin or two to help her blow the candle out.
Once the smash cake came out, Molly wasted little time. She wanted to share her joy with everyone at the table and Alec was the luckiest! He took it like a champ and made Molly's birthday all the better.
After Molly assured us she was "all done" we continued the festivities with presents, presents, and more presents (a little secret is that Mommy & Daddy forgot to bring their presents for Molly)! Everyone was more than gracious and Molly was much more interested in gift opening than she was at Christmas.
One of the funniest gifts came from cousin Jason who is a huge Bengals fan (we're a Browns family even though its hard to admit at times). Molly will be sure to wear her awesome cheerleading outfit to Jason's house next football season; as long as it isn't when they play the Browns.
We all had a wonderful day and feel blessed that so many people were able to share in Molly's special day. An extra thank you to our resident photographer, Aunt Teri; we were able to truly be present in Molly's party without having to worry about if we got that shot or not!
2 comments:
A book cake -- I LOVE it. And I am not surprised by your creativity.
Annexing the official birthday with extra days of celebrating is the way to go... I like Molly's style :) Also I like Molly's hair (almost jealous - it looks so thick and shiny!)
Looks like so much fun! And if you really don't like the Bengals gear, we'll hope for a girl and pay ya for it :) Happy first Birthday Molly!
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