Monday, August 24, 2009

Mackenna's 2nd Birthday

Mackenna turned 2 on August 15, 2009 and since her birthday fell on a Saturday, we got to celebrate all weekend long! Her first party was held at My Gym (her favorite place ever) and we had about 25 of her closest little friends come.
This is Mackenna with her aunt Ashley (I call them twins-their baby pictures are identical) eating lunch and getting ready to leave for the party:

Birthday kisses from Grandmas:

Family photo before the party-I just love taking pictures when I'm 8 months pregnant!
Mommy and Mackenna:
The theme of Mackenna's party was Little Einsteins and I found a new pastry chef to make her cake (I usually use bakeries) and it turned out amazing! It not only looked wonderful, but it tasted great as well. Check out http://www.myheavenscentcakes.blogspot.com/:

The snack table-since the party was from 2:30-4:30pm, we didn't have to serve a meal which was nice:


The favors-the boxes were filled with Little Einsteins stickers, bubbles, and candy:
The set-up:

Hailey and Mackenna jumping on the tramp waiting for all of the friends to arrive:
Having a party at My Gym is great because they customize it to your child, so you can choose their favorite activites. Mackenna's first item of business: riding Thomas the train. She loved the fact that she got to go first at everything that day and everyone else had to wait their turn:Playing with Maive, Ellah, and Jaylin in the "fort:"
Getting ready to blow out her candles:

Cake time-Most of the kids didn't want to stop playing to come eat cake, so I wasn't able to get a picture of everyone there:

The next day, Sunday, we had a family BBQ at our house with my family and Steve's family. Steven has been working so hard to get our backyard finished in time for Mackenna's birthday and, as you can see, we're almost there!


7 comments:

Kirstie said...

that looks like such a fun party!! and that cake is amazing!! i want my next birthday party at my gym!

Millicent said...

Happy birthday, Makenna!!! So fun seeing you last week and catching up.

amelia said...

Your backyard looks awesome! I can't wait to see it. Happy bday Mackenna.

Jason and Kristin said...

What a fun party! Happy birthday to Mackenna. It looks like everyone had a blast.

Merrilly Merrills said...

Ok, seriously, you throw a pary like Tori Spelling. That cake was so stinkin cute. And by the way for 8 months pregnant your super tiny. We need to do a girls lunch, I will tell krista.

Jennifer said...

Oh my gosh! I can't believe that party you threw for her! Amazing! Did you end up getting a Bob Stroller? I hope so! They are definitely the best! Do you know what you are having? I need to keep in better update with your blog! You look gorgeous by the way. :-) Definitely the pregnancy glow.

Jennifer said...

I just read a little farther down that you are having a girl! So exciting!