ELMO Birthday Party!!

I can't believe our baby is TWO!!  

We started off her actual birthday morning with a sweet treat.  I think the pictures say it all. :)

Landrie is in LOVE with this little furry red monster.  I found cute Elmo party outfits here (could those Cookie Monster ones be any cuter??) and here, but couldn't justify spending that much for a t-shirt.  Plus, I love a good challenge. :)  A little Michael Miller polka dots, some 25 cent sheets of felt, an Elmo template and some iron on adhesive later, her shirt was ready!  It was worth it all to see her face when I showed it to her.  She gasped, said "WOW!!" and kissed it!

I do love planning a birthday party for my sweet daughter, and I was thinking about it WAY in advance.  I booked the location when I was about 6 weeks pregnant and realized that I would have a 2 week old baby on her birthday weekend!  There is a church near us that has a 2 story indoor play place.  We went to a party there before, and I loved that they include a party planner to take care of everything while you are celebrating!

This fruit plate was so easy to put together and was inspired by an idea on Pinterest!  If you pin cute stuff, follow me and I'll follow you back!  I love all the ideas I get from there!

The party favors were revamped many times as we adjusted to life with a newborn!  I ended up just drizzling white chocolate on Oreos and adding red and orange sprinkles.  They were simple and a hit with the kids and parents too!

My cupcake tower was much taller before I loaded the top layer first!  It all toppled and we lost the bottom layer.  Oops!  These cupcakes were made with ease in mind too.  I got the cute red and white polka dot wrappers at Michaels, the Elmo candy faces here, and I just added orange sprinkles.  All kids love sprinkles, right?  The table runners and cupcake tower were made with orange polka dot wrapping paper.  Here's a great tutorial on how to make a cupcake tower for your party!

Our family with the birthday girl!!

Chowing down after playing hard!

Landrie sure does have a lot of boy friends!  

(Ashton borrowed Landrie's pink bib!)

Oh, how we love this girl!!

Pure glee!!!

"...to you!!"  Make a wish!

Of course, Landrie's birth mom Brianna and her daughter Brynn joined us for the festivities!  She was excited to meet little Tatem too!

Adorable!  I love this one!

Brianna and her girls!

Bye bye!  I wuv oooo!

The past two years have been AMAZING!!  Landrie Grace you've blessed our lives in more ways than you could ever imagine!  We love you SO, SO much!!  We can't wait to watch you grow up!