Tuesday, April 14, 2009

The Party

The Invitation


The Birthday girl and her Birthday outfit




The amazing cake made by my sister-n-law Jana




The Birthday banner that took me about 4 ridiculous hours to make


The picture with Uncle Greg and Aunt Jana that turned out totally beautiful

The attempt at a family photo that turned us into the Squinty McSquintersons


The sweet Mimi who is ready to party!

The adorable friends that came and showered Hollyn with great gifts!
Lucy, Lorelei, Everett, Cambry, Hollyn, Shelby, Cade, and Callie



The girl loving her presents



The "look" and Nana

The birthday girl relishing her cake


The "shiver"


The end of year one...

6 comments:

Alison said...

oh my goodness! these pictures are unbelievably precious! And love the ones of you all squinting. I sent Hollyn's gift today--you should receive it soon!

Jana said...

Great pictures! I really like the one of Hollyn's "surprise" face as she is opening presents. I hadn't seen that one. You made her birthday party so cute. Hollyn will love looking back at all those pictures.

Jennifer said...

These are great pictures!! I love Hollyn's outfit! I hope I have a girl one day so I can pick out cute dresses like that. And you are quite creative making that banner, it turned out awesome! It looks like you guys had a great party. The picture of ya'll squinting made me laugh... super cute!! :)

Oh and the place where I edit my pictures is www.picnik.com. I paid $25 for the premium membership and the things I can do with my pictures is incredible and soo soo easy. I don't have time to learn photoshop and so this site is great! All you have to do is upload your pictures to their site and edit away...anything you can imagine you can do.

Staci said...

Oooh, Oooh, Oooh... I LOVE that theme. That is our nickname for our 4 month old, "Ladybug". I have alrady scoped out her first birthday cake. Where did you get that outfit? It is precious! And I lover her banner. You did an awesome job!

Has she worn her tutu yet?

Nicki W. said...

love her---

Strange family said...

looks like a lot of fun! she is too cute! we need to get together again! Jana did a stinkin amazing with that cake!

(i don't do drive by's (normally) i've just been so busy i haven't been able to sit and read)