Last Saturday was Emma's birthday. So the weekend was full of birthday fun! Well, except for Sean. His weekend was mostly filled with his buddies and booze, at David's bachelor party. The boys spent the weekend in Myrtle Beach playing golf and Yahtzee. Turns out Don is quite the Yahtzee player! Who knew? But back to Emma... Her party wasn't until Sunday, but of course we had to celebrate on her actual birthday. Happy Birthday to Emma!
Jackson is all about singing 'Happy Birthday' until everyone around him starts singing. Then he just gets all serious and mesmerized. See...
He seemed to be a little confused all day about the whole birthday thing. You know, kind of like, 'Where's my present?' Well, his Aunt Amy didn't want him to feel too left out, so she lit a candle for him to blow out, too.
A little unsure, Emma?
Not for long! She knows what to do!!
'Mmmm, that's a good cupcake my Mommy made me!'
An extra sweet kiss for her Daddy!
Saturday night the
cake decorating tradition carried on with a 3D Elmo!! Amy already had the baking done, so all that was left was the fun part -- decorating!! The cake pan is designed to make a bear, so just before decorating Amy did a little carving on him to make him look less like a bear and more like Elmo. She was making me really nervous with the knife. All I could think was one little slip and Elmo's head was just going to fall off. The night before the party. That would totally be our luck!! But as it turns out, luck was on our side. Well, except for the failed first attempt at blue icing for the cupcakes. All that took was a quick trip over to HT for another 2lb bag of confectioner's sugar and the problem was solved. But other than that, Elmo was really easy and we were both very satisfied with him! Here he is all carved out with his Butterfinger arm in place...
Frosting the little guy was actually pretty easy. Since there were two of us we just took turns and the hand cramps were avoided.
It was so fun to watch him come together! He's already looking like a furry monster!!
Once his eyes were in place, it was easy to see who it was!
And there he is! A mere 3 hours after we really got started, with several breaks along the way, he was all done! I was completely prepared for our usual late night cake decorating party, but Elmo must have thought we needed a good night's sleep b/c he was very cooperative!
Sunday morning, as soon as Kate got up, Jackson wanted to hold her. He was sitting on the couch watching his cartoons and he just sat there with her for the longest time. Such a sweet big brother!
Later in the morning, I had a little photo shoot w/ Kate. This was one of my favorites...
Kate really bonded with Pop-Pop over the weekend. I loved hearing him sing 'I Don't Know Why I Love You Like I Do' to her. That's definitely a moment to treasure!
Love this picture!
Elmo is ready for the PARTY!
The birthday girl taking a couple of calls before the party begins.
Is this birthday tutu not the most adorable outfit EVER?!
It's Dorothy! Elmo's goldfish!
A classic Pridgen family picture, with Ryley all glammed up! Remember the
snazzy silver number she had on last year?
Emma is always such the daredevil! Just trying to see how close she can get to the candle!
That's my girl right there! Face first into the cupcake!
How old are you, Emma?
LOVE the birthday hat!
More birthday cupcakes for Jackson! What a lucky little boy!!
A kiss for Mom-Mom. {heart}
Time for presents! This is the card that Jackson colored for Emma. He had been working on it for a while, when I told him I thought it looked good. He said, "I not done yet." Then finally, after several different markers and whole lotta coloring, he handed it me and said, "All done!"
Lovin' on Elmo! Such a pretty 2 year old big girl!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EMMA!
** After the party, Elmo was discovered like this. No one has accepted responsibility and the incident remains under investigation.
Jackson is all about singing 'Happy Birthday' until everyone around him starts singing. Then he just gets all serious and mesmerized. See...
He seemed to be a little confused all day about the whole birthday thing. You know, kind of like, 'Where's my present?' Well, his Aunt Amy didn't want him to feel too left out, so she lit a candle for him to blow out, too. 
A little unsure, Emma?
Not for long! She knows what to do!!
'Mmmm, that's a good cupcake my Mommy made me!'
An extra sweet kiss for her Daddy!
Saturday night the cake decorating tradition carried on with a 3D Elmo!! Amy already had the baking done, so all that was left was the fun part -- decorating!! The cake pan is designed to make a bear, so just before decorating Amy did a little carving on him to make him look less like a bear and more like Elmo. She was making me really nervous with the knife. All I could think was one little slip and Elmo's head was just going to fall off. The night before the party. That would totally be our luck!! But as it turns out, luck was on our side. Well, except for the failed first attempt at blue icing for the cupcakes. All that took was a quick trip over to HT for another 2lb bag of confectioner's sugar and the problem was solved. But other than that, Elmo was really easy and we were both very satisfied with him! Here he is all carved out with his Butterfinger arm in place...
Frosting the little guy was actually pretty easy. Since there were two of us we just took turns and the hand cramps were avoided. 
It was so fun to watch him come together! He's already looking like a furry monster!!
Once his eyes were in place, it was easy to see who it was!
And there he is! A mere 3 hours after we really got started, with several breaks along the way, he was all done! I was completely prepared for our usual late night cake decorating party, but Elmo must have thought we needed a good night's sleep b/c he was very cooperative!
Sunday morning, as soon as Kate got up, Jackson wanted to hold her. He was sitting on the couch watching his cartoons and he just sat there with her for the longest time. Such a sweet big brother!
Later in the morning, I had a little photo shoot w/ Kate. This was one of my favorites...
Kate really bonded with Pop-Pop over the weekend. I loved hearing him sing 'I Don't Know Why I Love You Like I Do' to her. That's definitely a moment to treasure!
Love this picture!
Elmo is ready for the PARTY!
The birthday girl taking a couple of calls before the party begins.
Is this birthday tutu not the most adorable outfit EVER?!
It's Dorothy! Elmo's goldfish!
A classic Pridgen family picture, with Ryley all glammed up! Remember the snazzy silver number she had on last year?
Emma is always such the daredevil! Just trying to see how close she can get to the candle!
That's my girl right there! Face first into the cupcake!
How old are you, Emma?
LOVE the birthday hat!
More birthday cupcakes for Jackson! What a lucky little boy!!
A kiss for Mom-Mom. {heart}
Time for presents! This is the card that Jackson colored for Emma. He had been working on it for a while, when I told him I thought it looked good. He said, "I not done yet." Then finally, after several different markers and whole lotta coloring, he handed it me and said, "All done!"
Lovin' on Elmo! Such a pretty 2 year old big girl!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EMMA!
** After the party, Elmo was discovered like this. No one has accepted responsibility and the incident remains under investigation. 
4 comments:
Shelly, I'm always amazed at the cakes you and Amy make for the kids birthdays! As usual, Elmo is stunning!
You girls are amazing! I know who'll I'll be calling when I have kids. :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMMA!
That cake is absolutely awesome!!! Those are some really good pictures too!!
"C" is for Cookie, not for cake.
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