Maddie's 1st Birthday Party!!!!!

We had Maddie's first birthday party on Saturday, January 30th! We had such a wonderful day!! We just invited family members and ended up having around 32 people between my family and Josh's family. It was so nice to have everyone together. Most of Josh's family hadn't seen our house before, so it was fun having them see where we live.

The theme of Maddie's party was green and pink polka dots. I made polka dot invitations. They were postcards that were stamped on one side with the party details and little circles glued on the other side.

My hand crafted invitation! I thought that they were going to be very easy to make, but it ended up taking a lot longer than I thought for each invitation.

Of course we hadd to have a polka dotted cake too. The polka dots are green and pink fondant. One of my dad's friends made the cakes. They were WONDERFUL!! She dropped them off around 10:00 the morning of the party and I could smell the butter cream frosting everytime I walked by the table. So I was dying to eat cake by the time the party started!!

Random picture of the kitchen and the 6 ft. sub we ordered! It was really yummy too!

My mom cut circles out and we hung them up in various places around the house. We had a "Can you spot the dot?" game where I had everyone guess how many polka dot decorations we had around the house. Great Grandma Dorothy was the winner with 62 polka dots hanging on the walls/doors.

We just finished remodeling our basement, since it flooded last July. We don't have much furniture down there yet, so it was the perfect place to set up extra tables.

Maddie's present table!! It was overflowing!!

THE BIRTHDAY GIRL just relaxing!!

Maddie was so cute. She got a big kick whenever anyone would clap and yell "Yeah". So of course all 32 adults had to keep clapping and yelling to get her excited. Maddie loved it.

Maddie had her very own polka dot cake. She didn't like how her it felt when she stuck her fingers in it and started to get a little upset until she accidently got a little bit in her mouth and then she couldn't get enough of the cake!

She was so funny. She picked all the polka dots off the cake and ate those first. She ended up eating about 1/3 of her cake!! I knew she had a few of my genes in there somewhere!

Post-after cake bath we went for a few wagon rides with baby.

Hanging out with Uncle Cory is so much fun!!!

Those toy boxes are always so much fun too! Uncle Cory and Maddie had a lot of fun playing hide and seek in the wagon box!

Grandpa Beck and the Birthday Girl!

After a good night's rest, Maddie was so excited to see her new toys the next morning!!