It's a party!

I had to work the afternoon of Sophie's actual birthday, so we had a birthday party for her the next day. We invited some of Sophie's friends (Judsons, Jeffreys, Andersons and Stewarts) and we had a BBQ at Highland Park.

I had a hard time coming up with a theme, but we've been doing a lot with butterflies lately, because that is what Sophie's room has for decorations. I also had a hard time trying to decide if I wanted a cake or cupcakes and finally decided that cupcakes would be much easier. I wanted to make some really cute cupcakes, but the week turned out to be very busy since I had to work three of the five days, so we went simple. I found these cute scrapbooking butterflies and they worked perfectly. My dad made the frosting. It was a cream cheese/cool whip frosting and it tasted so yummy. Thanks Dad for all of your help. Jon had his second PET scan that afternoon, so my dad helped me get things ready for the party. Jon was a little radioactive for the party.

My cute little birthday girl. It is so hard to get a good picture of her these days, she just doesn't hold still. I just loved this dress on her!

I bought some balloons for the party and before I even got them home, two of the balloons popped. It was a hot day and the two balloons touched the sun roof which was extremely hot and they popped instantly. Once I figured out what was causing them to pop, I closed the cover over the sun roof so that the rest of them wouldn't pop before I even got them home.

Sophie absolutely loves to swing. Grandpa pushed Sophie in the swing for awhile and then I noticed that he was sitting on the grass, so I went over to take a turn. The swings were in the sun, so grandpa and I took turns pushing Sophie while the other stood in the shade attempting to cool off. It didn't really work, but at least we weren't in the blazing sun.

Here is a picture of my "happy" birthday girl. For some reason she did not want to sit on the blanket with her friends, so she screamed for every picture. From left to right Wren Stewart, Elsie Anderson, Amelia Judson and Sophie. She looks the "happiest" in this picture, if you don't believe me check out the next picture.

It's her party and she can cry if she wants to, and she did.

Sophie got lots of books from her friends. I was so excited to see this book, because we also had that book when I was growing up. We actually two versions, one in English and one in Spanish. I'm excited to read it to Sophie!

Emma Jeffrey was so sweet, she made Sophie a mini blanket and an apron.

Opening more gifts. She loves the gift the Jeffreys gave her, which was a music box of sorts and it has a little giraffe in the center that spins around. Grandpa got sick of the song after the first two times he heard it. Sophie loves to listen to the music and dance. I don't mind the music too much, but if it starts to get on my nerves, I take it upstairs to Sophie's room so she can only play with it when she's in her room. You've got to love noisy toys!

I love these pictures! Elsie was truly enjoying her cupcake.

And she has the mustache to prove it.

We had a fun time, even though Sophie was a little emotional. Thanks to our friends for coming and helping us celebrate Sophie's first birthday, and for the fun gifts. We missed not having other family with us, but we have amazing friends and it was so good to be able to share Sophie's special day with them.