The Hunnie Pot: Birthday Parties

Faegan's Strawberry Party

Faegan was lucky enough to have a celebration for her birthday in Georgia and also in Alabama. Since we were already in Georgia and Ash is about to pop with Baby Bowee Wood, I thought it would be great to have a party at my parent's home that my family could attend.

With 100° plus temps the previous week, I was prepared for it to be a scorcher, but thankfully we had some cloud coverage just in time for the party that made it bearable to eat outside on the porch.

We had a 'Berry' celebration with lots of strawberry food and pink decorations. I wanted to do something that wouldn't be too over the top and I could decorate with decorations that weren't too themed.

I made the invitations using card stock and a strawberry template I made. I thought they turned out cute.

The food was fairly girly and I had some comments from the boys that they were bringing their own food to the party. I had fried chicken, pimento cheese sandwiches, caprese pasta salad, strawberry avocado salsa, and strawberry pretzel salad. I enjoyed everything and I know that John loved the pasta, so I had some boy approval!!

You can't go wrong with anything caprese and the strawberry salsa tasted good but was not the prettiest dish.

I found these cute little cups at Ikea for the strawberry pretzel salad. We decided that we could have just had this and it would have been just fine. My Aunt Cheryl brings this to Christmas every year and we all fight over the leftovers!

My awesome mom made the gorgeous cakes. She did an excellent job and the cakes were just as good as they look.

Faegan's beautiful birthday cake.

Faegan's smash cake.

I found these cute little berry baskets and made cookies for party favors.

Faegan enjoyed the decor!

And of course the food!

Faegan adores sweet Blair.

Of course we couldn't find a candle, so Pooh made an appearance at the party. Faegan was just excited that everyone was singing to her!

I purposely held out on cake until the first birthday so it would be a special treat. She liked the cake but was mostly interested in the decorations on the top. She has always eaten real food with her hands so she didn't dig in to it as I much as I had hoped she would.

She loves to share - even with the dog!!

My awesome family!

We got Faegan a castle slide and she loved it. We eventually had to hide it because she wanted to stay on it all night!

We all had a wonderful time at the party and could not have done it without the help of Ben and my wonderful family! I love you all! Alabama party pictures to come!

Cowboys and Cowgirls

A few weekends ago my niece and nephew had their second and third birthday parties together cowboy style! As usual, everything looked wonderful and the kids had a ball. I made a cookie cake for Belle - there may or may not have been some pregnancy cravings influencing my recommendation of the cake for the day :)

Matthew loves all things Toy Story, so his mom decorated the most precious cake with Woody adorning the top.

They both racked up on cowboy supplies and toys.

Matthew received a toy gun and as you can see from the pictures below, he liked it just a little.

Now I think I'm craving cookie cake again!

Sweet Blair Turns Two

I can't believe that Blair is two. I will never forget racing down to Georgia that sunny afternoon hoping I would get there in time for her arrival! She has come a long way and is quite possibly the sweetest child ever. I know my sister always says she is so sweet, but she really is! Every time I go down to Georgia I fear that she will have forgotten who Aunt Linnie is, but thanks to Ash and my mom, I think she thinks the pictures around the house have come to life when I am there! She used to be a little skeptical of me, but this weekend she actually let me hold her around my mom - HUGE feat in my book! That girl loves her Gigi! When I left to go home, she smiled and squeezed my cheeks and told me very enthusiastically "BYE BYE". I think she may have been ready for some one on one time with Gigi!

My sister, Ashlee, planned the cutest owl party for Blair's second birthday. She thought of everything and the food was delicious. She made the precious owl invitations and Blair donned an owl dress from Kelly's Kids that was the inspiration for the party. You can read more of the details here. Of course, Mom and I started planning our contributions to the dessert as soon as we found out the theme. Mom made the cutest cake that matched Blair's dress perfectly. I wish I was as talented as my mom! Her cakes are stunning!

I made owl cookies to match the day. I think Blair really liked them too! When she wasn't sticking her finger in the icing on the cake, she was eating icing off of the cookies. She was too cute. The first round she grabbed every single blue one. Then she went to the orange ones. I don't think she ever started handing out the red ones!

Detail picture since I didn't get a good one at the party.