Cupcakes, Balloons, and other Blessings from Heaven!

Madeline's First Birthday party started out with a few songs on the piano by her talented cousin Katelyn. She even played the Birthday song. Maddie was lovin' it!


She also had a great time chasing, playing, and attempting to eat the balloons.



Lots of cousins were there for the celebration, which resulted in lots of happy chaos! We were able to get a few of them to hold still long enough to pose for a picture together...


Then, more music...this time, very LOUD singing. Madeline just looked at everyone with a blank stare. Or, maybe she was just staring at Grace, who was about a foot away from her face for most of the song, singing the loudest.


And finally, the BEST part... CUPCAKES!!!! She didn't hesitate to dive right in for some of that goodness. There was a lot going on all around her, but as far as she knew, she was all alone in cupcake heaven!



I think she liked it!



Ava didn't get in on the cupcake action this time, but she was a good sport anyway and kept her party hat on the entire time! What a little cutie.

Then things started to get silly...

This went on for a while, and we all thought it was pretty hilarious, but when Maggie approached Nate and I to announce that "my boobs are so big I can hide my MOUTH behind them!!!" (as she lowers her chin into her balloon stuffed chest) we weren't really sure how to respond. Nate went with "THAT'S AWESOME!!!"