Harvey's Rookie Year!

Our little man turned ONE!

I can't believe it, Harvey is 1!

Time to party!
We kicked off his birthday celebration with a pancake breakfast at IHOP. Harvey loves pancakes.

We celebrated his birthday with a baseball themed party. I love how it turned out! I made his smash cake and decorated it as a baseball. I whipped up some cream cheese frosting and baked a vanilla banana cake.

We invited family and Harvey's little friends over for a hamburger BBQ complete with all the fixins', watermelon, chips and concession stand goodies. I made vanilla cherry and chocolate strawberry cupcakes with baseball toppers.

Harvey got so many fun toys, books and big boy clothes!

He seemed to love the cake. At first he was a bit timid, dipping his finger in the frosting but then he got the hang of it and dug in!

This year has seriously flown by and it's been one of the best years of my life. I absolutely love being a mom and feel blessed to stay home and raise my little. Harvey is the sweetest little boy. He's so cuddly, totally a mama's boy and I love that. His laugh is contagious. He is curious, inquisitive and a smart little guy. We love him so much!

A BIG thanks to everyone who came to celebrate Harvey's rookie year!

Ugly Sweater Christmas Party!

Annie and I hosted another fabulous party over the weekend. Our guests wore tacky vests and chintzy sweaters to our ugly sweater Christmas party!

We served classy hors d'oeuvres... Vienna Sausages, Jell-o Jigglers, Cheese Whiz and crackers, a festive holiday cake, chicken salad and red and green M&M's.









Three lucky guests walked away winners in such categories as the Ugliest Sweater, Most Embellished and Granny's Pick. We played a game of celebrity and had a wonderful time!

Awkward holiday photo

Happy Halloween!

'Twas the bewitching hour and all through the night,
not one came without a costume, and oh! what a fright!
A wolf, Lady Gaga and muscles from Jersey Shore,
All came to the party arriving at my front door!
We had a ghoulish time we didn't want to rest,
We'll just have to wait until next year's Halloween fest.


Annie and I hosted a hauntingly good Halloween party! The theme was Haunted Mansion complete with cobwebs, bats and spooky potion labels for all our ghoulish goodies! We had a fun time playing Pictionary and eating treats. Here are a few snapshots from our Halloween bash...

Frightful treats and eats







The cute "mummies" made by Cressie

The party favors

Witches' Brew

Everyone

The Devil and Bieber

Best Witches!

I simply love Halloween! The colors, the smells, the decor... I can't get enough of the spookiness!

Some friends and I attended Witches Night Out at Gardner Village dressed in our witchiest attire. We danced, laughed and took pictures with some creepy characters!





The following weekend I had another GNO with my mom, sisters, sister-in-law and mother-in-law. We had a blast! If you've never gone to Witchapalooza at Gardner Village, you are missing out! The food is excellent and the show is hilarious, cute and fun! It's become a tradition for us and each year is better and better.

Dirty Dash '11

Time to get down and dirty! My girlfriends and I did the Dirty Dash at Soldier Hollow and it was tough… but so fun! The course is covered in mud, obstacles and fierce water hoses. The race began with a mud pit, and then we were up against giant hay bales we had to climb over and muddy tunnels we had to crawl through. We scaled walls as giant fans blew water every which way! Near the end, we slid down a ginormous slip n’ slide! (yay!) And for the big finale... we waded through the pig sty in waist-deep mud to get to the finish line.
It was the hardest race I’ve ever done but I’d do it again! We had a muddy fun time!

Before...


After!


Team Tie-Dye

Halloween

Here's what we did this Halloween...







A few of our friends came over for games and treats... costumes were a must!

Witches' Night Out!

I have some fun and amazing friends!
We dressed up as witches and made our way to Gardner Village (seriously, the best place during Halloween) for Witches' Night Out! We had a blast! We danced, ate Carmel apples and even took part in the witches parade. We had so much fun, there's talk of making it a tradition!