Sweet Pea's Birthday Party

Delaney's big present from Randy and I was her own personalized armchair for reading or watching a movie. Delaney took the opportunity and sat down with her new book from Aunt Judy.

Delaney and her daddy watch a little Shrek on birthday party morning.


Delaney's birthday cake was awesome. I took one of the birthday party plates and cut the baby's head out and replaced it with a picture of Delaney. Publix's bakery then scanned the plate and put it right on the cake. It was fabulous.

Sweet Pea cake area

Delaney's throne with her birthday balloons

Grammy bought Delaney her own First Birthday bear (thank goodness) since we had to give the other birthday bear back to daycare and Delaney loved snuggling with it. This Birthday Bear took over Delaney's throne.






Check out the spread! There were open-faced crab sandwiches, spinach balls, homemade pimiento cheese and hummus, fruit, and other great snacks!!!

Randy and Grammy pose before everyone arrives.

This isn't a great picture but this is Delaney's smash cake. It is white with green trim and says "Delaney" in pink in the middle.

Lorelei, Delaney (with her adorable Sweet Pea dress) and Addy. Lorelei WALKED into the party. YAY!!!!! It's your turn next Sweet Pea!!

Lorelei holds onto her momma----literally.

Nutty gives Delaney some pimiento cheese.

Lorelei and Delaney duke it out over who gets to push Quaggle Bear in the stroller.

Stan and Jessica

Nutty and Kathleen----big thanks to Kathleen for taking a lot of the pictures at the party. You are the BEST!!!

The Roberts boys and a mini Roberts

Delaney takes a break during the party to chill with her new cup.

The chaos of the presents begins. Delaney got wonderful presents. She is the luckiest girl in the world!!!



Morgan sneaks a moment in Delaney's chair.



Randy checks out Delaney's new Barbie book.



The tissue paper was very exciting.

Delaney loved her Elmo card...

...and her new book from Nana...

....and her barnyard magnetic set. "A Pig/Cow????? That's silly!!"

The winner of this year's most favoritest present is....."Hokey Pokey Elmo". Thank goodness after two-go-rounds he says "Okay. That was great...but Elmo is pooped". I think the makers of that toy are genius for adding that line.





One of my favorite presents that Delaney got was her new fairy princess/ballerina outfit from Grammy. She is wearing the headpiece here.

If you know me...you know my obsession with Tinkerbell. It makes me so happy that my little one has a little fairy outfit just like Tink.




The proud parents strike a pose.



Awaiting the cake's arrival.

When the cake first got there, Delaney was unsure and I had to let her lick some off of my finger. She then tried to stick her face in it but was held back by the high chair straps. After that, it was pure piggishness. She LOVED her smash cake and had both hands in tearing up the icing.













After about 10 minutes, Delaney slowed down and started looking a little green---and it wasn't from the icing. :)

After a bath to remove all of the cake/icing, Delaney actually got in her high chair to eat dinner. Yes---my child takes after me. She decided to wear her #1 Princess Tiara that lit up. What a diva.

Jessica hung out with Randy and I after everyone left.

She bonded with Hokey Pokey Elmo.


This is a LONG video but it is Delaney eating her "smash cake". Well worth it to see that they don't call it "smash cake" for nothing. Delaney took the "smash cake" very seriously.


Overall----the birthday party was a HUGE success. For those of you not pictured, big thanks to Tinker, Davis, Mandi, Pat, Jan, Nana, and Trey. Delaney had such a wonderful time and her first birthday was everything I had dreamed of and more. I can't believe my little Sweet Pea is now one!!!! It brings tear to my eyes---but in a good way. I have cherished every moment of this past year and will cherish every day of this next year. I love you Sweet Pea!!!!

Delaney's First Birthday!!!!

Delaney receives a lovely version of "Happy Birthday" from her parents.

Delaney started out her birthday morning with some scrambled eggs and bagel. Her daycare let her borrow "Birthday Bear" for the weekend to be her friend throughout all of her birthday adventures.

Delaney got to open a couple of presents from her Mommy and Daddy on birthday morning.



We went to Picture People to get portraits made for Delaney's first birthday along with a couple of family shots. Delaney was such a supermodel and loved having her picture made. She only got a little fussy when Randy and I got in the shots---I guess because she thought we were stealing her thunder!!
Delaney enjoyed the food court at the mall after pictures. I never go to this part of town, let alone the mall, so this was sort of a special treat for all of us. Food Court food is awesome.

Being a supermodel was so exhausting that Delaney passed out in the car on the way home.

Delaney enjoys her new playset from Grammy. The swing is great and she LOVES the slide, except right now she sort of lunges down head first. It's sort of scary.

We went to Casa Linda for Mexican birthday dinner. Delaney flirted big time with all of the waiters and she enjoyed her chicken quesadilla. Randy and I enjoyed our margaritas and eight million baskets of chips and salsa.

Ultimate Ride!

I was finally a big girl and spent my first night away from Delaney. And what better way to do it than camping!
I tried to capture some cute moments of the morning of our departure. Delaney's new game is to hand me everything out of her crib when I go to get her. Now this is a lot of stuff! I usually stop the game after her blankie, Pooh, Snuggle Bunny, Fuzzy Bear, etc.....I couldn't capture this on film because it was a little difficult retrieving animals while taking pictures.

Delaney and I took a walk before Randy and I left to go camping. She fell asleep in her stroller and was basically comatose.

I took the opportunity for a snuggle.

Randy and I went camping with our friends Mary Holland and Chris and their friends Cheri and Thomas who were great! We went to this campground "The Ultimate Ride" in Dupont, NC which is near Hendersonville. The campground was great and it is a campground made for horses---hence The Ultimate Ride.

Mary Holland, Cheri, and Thomas have some brews upon arrival.

Chris enjoys the mini camping chair.

Chris---with spatula, and Randy---with tongs---are real men camping with kitchen utensils.

Bad picture---but these horses were our neighbors while camping. I named them Sylvester and Mavis.

We all went for a great hike the next day for about 3 hours. There were lots of waterfalls and it was beautiful.

Randy practices for his new job as nature photographer.



I love this one.

I pose in front of the waterfalls.

Chris and Mary Holland strike a lovely pose in the chair tree.

We had such a great time and it was a perfect night away. I can't say we didn't rush home to see Delaney though!!! Delaney and Grammy had such a wonderful time at our house while we were away. They were both so exhausted afterwards, Delaney slept for most of the rest of the weekend and Grammy went to bed before 8 on Saturday night!

The Three Beggars

Delaney's favorite snack in the world are animal crackers. Here she is with Tyson and Olive and all three of them are begging me for some of those delicious cookies.