Adrianna's 3rd Birthday Party

This year we decided we are going to take the plunge and buy Annual Passes to Disneyland.  That will be Adrianna's big gift this year, but we wanted to do something with her friends as well.  We booked a table at a local trampoline place (Not the place I broke my foot) and invited all of her best buddies to come and jump there little hearts out.  Unfortunately as luck would have it my camera was not working at the trampoline place so there are very few pictures from there.  But I was able to capture all of the pre-party photos of the goodies and the Birthday Girl!

The Outfit

We wanted to keep the theme in the Disney mood so we had the festivities revolve around Minnie Mouse.

The Treats

The place we had a party at didn't allow outside food.  Of course that wasn't going to stop me from making yummy treats.  I decided I would just fill the favor bags with treats.

Rice Krispie Treats with Sprinkles

Cut and Layer

Wrap

Ready to Go

3 Year Old "Minnie Inspired" Cookies

The "Minnie" Cupcakes

My first time working with fondant.  I was happy to find it is not as intimidating as I made myself believe all of these years.  The finishing touch of polka dots was done with good old buttercream.

Add a couple mini oreo's and you have Minnie cupcakes

The Favor Bag

Thank you for coming to Adrianna's 3rd Birthday Party!

She gave everyone a book with a little note in each reading "Thank You for coming to my 3rd Birthday Party and for being my special friend!  Love, Addie"  Then she put a little signature of her own on the page.

The Party

Like I said, My camera ironically wasn't working at the party.  But I did get a couple photos from my phone...

The Birthday Girl

And Let's not forget...

Mackenzie Grace Hammann

It was a typical summer day

At 2:08 in the morning, on

9.13.2012

They placed a 9 lb 10 oz

Miracle in our arms.

Four Days Early, and 12 hours after arriving at the hospital,

She was Perfect.

We named her

Mackenzie Grace

No one will ever know the strength of my Love for you.  After all, you’re the only one who knows what my Heart sounds like from the inside.

I sat in Adrianna's bed one night and had a little discussion with her after baby Kenzie came home.  I told her that no one would ever come between us and that I brought baby Kenzie into this world so that she would have a best friend to grow up with and have in her life forever.  I don't know if she understood my words exactly, but I could tell she could feel what I was saying was good and she had such a sweet demeanor about her after our conversation.  I am so proud to have such amazing girls.

The bond was instant and unforced.  It was so natural for Adrianna to want to lie down with her baby sister and hold her.  She instantly had a connection and fell in love with her little sister. 

One of our first photos with Baby Kenzie's eyes open.

Adrianna asks me every day "mom, I wanna carry the baby"  with adult supervision we let baby Kenzie cuddle up on Addie's lap and she sits there and kisses her face and she loves to rub her head.

I had to take a picture of daddy and daughter so comfortably napping together.  These are the moments in life that make everything else worth it.  Moments to be cherished forever.

                  Mommy and her Girls

Kenzie's First Hair Cut

Adrianna and Mackenzie were born with the same beautiful, soft, black hair with a heavy receding hairline.  After going through Adrianna bad hair days for the first 18 months of her life, I decided we are going to go a different route with Kenzie and shave her head so it can all grow in at the same time.  Addie went through the balding spots of hair all over her head to the flock of seagulls hair style.  Hopefully Kenzie will have a little more luck.

Mackenzie's Welcoming Party

August 5, 2012

We had a fun summer / baby welcoming party this past Sunday.  The party was a blast, but the greatest part was a surprise visit from my parents and brother Todd, Abby, Chloe and Avery.  How fun to have family come to one of my special parties!!  

I wanted to do a baby shower theme in the pavilion.  I decided to go with a yellow, white and grey color scheme with Daisies.  The favor was a homeade Peach Raspberry Jam and I framed "Thank You for coming, please take a fresh peach raspberry jam and 'Spread the Love'."  My sister and brother and his girlfriend Lisa were here a few weeks ago and helped me decorate all of the jars of jam.  My girlfriend Trina, Abby and Lisa put together the pom poms.

As you all know the Dessert table is always my favorite part of a party!  I kept it in a "white and yellow" theme with the exception of the Lollipop Tree which was all colors.  My mom said the only thing missing was Chocolate!  I said, well brown was just not part of the color scheme, so I just couldn't go there! ;) Plus I knew it would be a hot day and I didn't want all the desserts melted!  I filled a cookie jar with white chocolate macadamia cookies.  The cupcake tower had vanilla cupcakes with a lemon curd filling and lemon buttercream frosting.  The sugar cookies were decorated like daisies and the banana bars were just a favorite of mine that we added.  The donuts were not homeade!  But I sampled a few shops until I found a spot that did good powdered sugar cake donuts.

The park/grass area was set up summer party themed.  We hired Hula Girls Hawaiian Shave Ice were they set up a canopy and table set up.  The Shave Ice was SO DELICIOUS and you can imagine a big hit with all of the kids.  The yard was set up with Volleyball, Ladder ball, Hula Hoops, Sidewalk Chalk and bubbles.  Fun for all ages!

The kids Loved the Shave Ice.  But to be honest, I think the adults loved it just as much!!

Adrianna and her friends and cousins had fun playing with all the party supplies!

The adults enjoyed mingling, playing games, eating, drinking and being merry!

Thank You to everyone that came out to celebrate Mackenzie's welcoming to the world!  We are so excited to meet her and introduce her to all of you!