Birthday pics...as promised!

Well, as you will see these pics are in no particular order but i'm not about to drag and drop 50 pics to get them organized, although it would make me happy, but who has time for that?

A gift from nonna and poppa...a lion she can push or ride!

A gift from me and Charlie....a soft 'playpen' filled with balls!

One of Avery's faves...a gift from Addy...the RazBerry (or as I would call - the CrackBerry teether!) This helped during those fussy moments at the party for sure!

Laugh and Learn purse from Benji at work..complete w/ lipstick, a mirror and bracelet! So cute!

Another one of her favorites...from Uncle Mark and Josh
Spin n' Learn top

A very special gift from granny (Charlie's mamaw) a silver necklace that she has had for years and passed down to her first great grand daughter - Avery!

Poppa helped out by catching all the action!

Nonna did a 'mini photo shoot' with Avery in her beautiful dress...a gift from Nicki

A princesses work is never done!

Always on the go!

What's a princess without pink sparkling slippers?

This was some trick they were talking about...if you lay down a pocket knife and a dollar, the boys always go for the knife and the girls for the dollar...of course, our princess knew exactly what she wanted!Thanks for all the help nonna & poppa!

She was covered in cake and a bit fussy so I figured - whats better than a bath - and a RazBerry of course!

Getting a little fussy...
...but kisses from daddy make everything better!

Time to make a wish!

Opening presents...

Her favorite lunch...chick fil a nuggets and fries!

Even Paps wore a pink princess party hat...gran gran (or as she now prefers - Gigi ) declined the hat - nothing comes between her and her hair-do!

Charlie and Avery with Mamaw (Charlie's mom)

Birthday kisses...

What a beautiful little 1 year old princess!

Happy Friday

It's...FINALLY FRIDAY! I thought we'd never make it...ughh, what a week!

Birthday pics coming tonight I promise....

A Birthday Party for a Princess...

Happy Monday! I will not be posting any Not Me's today because there is something much more important I need to blog about - a little princess I know had a birthday party!

Don't ya just love it when everything goes as planned? That is exactly how I would describe Avery's party. IT WAS GREAT. And even though she probably won't remember it, we will always have the memories and always tell her about how much fun her first princess party was! I had my moments where I felt like in some way Avery's party wouldn't be as fun as other 1 year old's since it would just be a small party at our house (RSV rules, remember?). Bubble girl said at least 8 times, "She's having a birthday party, with NO kids!!!" And we did. And it was fabulous! Avery was good for the most part. Around present time she was a little tired so da-da and I helped her out, but for the most part she was a perfect princess. I had a blast decorating and planning and watching it all turn out exactly as I hoped. And guess what? The DVD I worked so hard on finally worked! After a very long, sincere prayer I popped it in the DVD player and there it was! Annnndd, I had just enough time to burn all of the guests a DVD and wrap it with curling ribbon for a perfect little keepsake favor. They loved it! Avery enjoyed Chick fil A chicken nuggets & fries for lunch and of course....CAKE for dessert. Her daddy even let her drink sweet tea! And the pictures will tell the rest of the story...Enjoy! And, once again I need to apologize b/c there are like 50 of them. Thanks to my mom - she did a mini photo shoot before the party with Avery and they turned out great! For the record, she took 138 pictures, plus the ones I took, so here is the 'condensed' version of Avery's 1st Birthday Party in PICTURES!

The cake turned out PERFECT!

I think the theme was very clear, don't you? :)

No party is complete without a customized banner!

The gifts...before the guests arrived! :)

Thanks to nonna for making the streamer look so cute!

The gifts...after the guests arrived!

Family Photo

Did I mention this cake was worth EVERY PENNY!

She even included a princess cookie for Avery too!

OMG I'm sooo tired I promise I just uploaded over 50 pics to Blogger and now they're GONE! I will have to finish tomorrow :( I will leave you with one beautiful pic of the princess: