Happy Birthday!!

Emma will be one year old in two days, on May 26^th. They tell you to enjoy every second of it because it goes by so fast ... and they are so right. The last year went by so fast. It seems like just a few weeks ago we were taking her home, waking-up an infinite amount of times at night to feed her, change her and comfort her.

Since her birthday is on a Thursday and we wanted our families to be there to celebrate her first birthday, we had her official birthday party on Sunday. The theme was easy to choose. Actually there was no choosing at all, she wouldn’t have accepted anything else, it HAD to be Mickey Mouse. She has an unconditional love for Mickey. You should see her face lit up and her feet start moving when she hears the intro of any of Mickey’s song.

First, we needed a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse themed cake. We asked Jennifer at Dimps Custom Cakes to make one that would also include a Cheerios box as one of the figurines, since she gets as excited at the sight of Cheerios as she does for Mickey.

Second, we had to find Mickey Mouse Clubhouse decorations and download the theme songs from itunes.

Third, we had to find a memorable birthday outfit. One Minnie Mouse onesie and one tutu later we were all set. I had the tutu made by Jessica at Happy Hippo Boutique and prayed to get it on time, which I did! Phew!

It was a beautiful day, we had our close family and Emma’s godmother present. We played some Bocci ball while waiting for the birthday girl to wake-up from her nap (you do not, under any circumstances wake-up a sleeping baby). She was super happy to see everybody. When we started the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme song she was so excited! She was perplexed by the sight of the cake. It was so beautiful that it didn’t even look like a cake. It took her a few minutes to try to grab Mickey from the cake and attempt to eat him. We cut her a big piece so she could dirty her face with it but she’s a neat eater and didn’t make too much of a mess. Still, she ate the whole thing!

All and all it was a memorable first birthday, filled with happiness and lots of Mickeys.