Emery's 2nd BiRtHdAy Party!!

We celebrated Emery's 2nd Birthday on September 1st! Below is her invite. I did crop off the bottom so that our address and phone number weren't listed for all to see ;) They turned out really cute!

The party favors!! I tried to dip them in chocolate but they didn't turn out so I skipped that part. Just cut out a rice krispie with a mickey cookie cutter. Then used fruit roll-up for the bow, added a candy stick and wala instant party favors.

"Thanks for making my party so "sweet"! Love, Emery"

The party banner!! I LOVE how it turned out!! So so cute!

It took a quite some time but it was totally worth it! A big thanks to Tracy J for her help with it! She actually used it that afternoon for her daughter Crawford's bday party. And another big thanks to Tracy's sister for lending us the cricut and my friend Amy for letting us use your cartridges!! Couldn't have done this without everyone's help!!

Family pic before the party started!! Emery was covered in her rash again :( Def her antibiotic doing this but she needs it to get better so doc wanted us to finish it up. However, she will NEVER get it again!! I can't watch my lil one go through this even if it doesn't bother her that much!

Emery and Nana!! Love this shot of the two of them!

A shot of the spread. We had Chickfila nuggets, fruit, fruit dip, apples and apple dip, cheese and crackers, and rotel. Mostly Emery's faves! Drink selection was lemonade and sweet tea from Chickfila.

Close ups of the table. I forgot to get a pic of the balloons but there was a cute Minnie balloon above with one black and one pink polka dot balloon.

I didn't have really anything special for the kids to do. They just played in the playroom and around the house before we ate.

Lunch TIME with the birthday girl!!

A little more playtime before presents and cake!

Emery's presents and another banner!

Emery wanted to open presents first thing so she was READY when it was actually time to open them! She got a My first dollhouse from Nana and Pawpaw!!

The Van to go with the dollhouse from Mommy, Daddy, and Bubba!

Minnie Mouse Dress up doll, shoes and CANDY from Uncle Gregg, Aunt Lulu, Laney, and Linley!

All the boys were very quite during present opening....here's why....LOL

A HUGE stuffed bear from Grandmother and Granddaddy! Emery knew just what it was when she started opening it!! "BEAR!" she screamed!! We have said hi to this bear for months at Costco! Every time we go we have to make sure we go see it!! Now Emery has her very own!!

Her BIG present from Mommy, Daddy, and Bubba! A trampoline!!! She was super excited when we brought it out!! She LOVES this thing!! We played on it at a friend's house a while back and hands down one of my favorite gifts for my kids. However, not so much my favorite gift to put together....that's a whole other story!!! Ha!

After presents comes.....CAKE!!! Okay...so I was going to make some adorable Minnie Mouse cupcakes but with everything going on this week with Emery being sick I decided last minute to go order an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. Emery LOVES ice cream and doesn't really like cake so it just made sense. However, I wasn't expecting to order the cake without seeing any pictures or ideas of what they do....well....here's what they do....LOL It isn't the prettiest cake we have ever gotten but it was YUMMY and Emery LOVED it!!

She screamed "Minnie!!!" when she saw it!! It is totally her "ugly" cake but it was yummy and Emery loved it so that is all that matters!

Emery was so SHY while everyone was singing to her and during a lot of her presents too. She has a phobia of men right now and really only likes her daddy, pawpaw, and granddaddy. Everyone else (including the Uncle's at the party) scare her for some reason. Just a phase she is going through I am assuming...

Blowing out her candles!!! Yay for being TWO!!!

Enjoying some YUMMY ice cream cake!!!

I totally forgot to give her the cards that came in the mail! First up Aunt Regina sent her a birthday card with TWO dollars!! Emery screamed "Money!!" Yes...she is two but she knows what money is!! Thanks Aunt Regina!!

And one from Grandpa Mickey and Grandma Helen!! They sent her a $20 bill!! "Ohhhh she said more Money!!" I read her card to her!! Thanks Gpa Mickey and Gma Helen!! Will let you know what Emery picks out with it!!

All her goodies minus the trampoline. She got the Minnie radio/microphone from her friend Maggie, a baby doll from Uncle Taylor, Aunt Nicole, Wesley, Sam and Ethan, another Minnie dress up set from us and the big sister room for her doll house, and 4 other room sets from Nana and Pawpaw to go with her dollhouse! A BIG THANKS to all those that came and brought Emery a gift!! She LOVES everything!!

Playing with her new toys!!

Taking Bear for a bounce on the trampoline!! So cute!!

It was such a nice day after the rain stopped (early in the morning) that the kids ventured out to play outside!! The boys all had a little one on one action with Uncle Taylor!!

Max and Noah were really into it!! Love this action shot!!

Maggie tried out the bike that our neighbors passed down to Emery and she was taking off!! So exciting!! We loaned it to her to keep practicing since Emery really isn't big enough for it yet!!

All our friends and family headed out so back inside to cool off and play some more!!

Emery was cracking me up playing with the doll house! She put the mommy and daddy to bed together, was rocking the baby and singing to her....just funny to see how they see things from us and pretend play with what they see. (not sure if that makes any sense....)

And to totally throw a random pic in. This is what Emery got from her best buddie Crawford. She couldn't be at Emery's bday party because she had her sister's bday party and she had her own bday party after Emery's in the afternoon. We went and they exchanged gifts there. A big thanks to Crawford (well her mommy Tracy) for our FIRST dress up clothes!! Emery LOVES them!!

I would have to say that Emery's 2nd birthday party was a HIT!! We had a great time with our family and friends that were able to come!! We did miss those that couldn't travel to be with us but we know you were there in spirit!! We want to say thanks to all that came because you all are a big part of Emery's life and we wanted Emery to feel SPECIAL!! Mission accomplished!! She had a wonderful day!! Now to stop time because I want her to stay little for a while longer....