Our Little Sunshine

The party theme for Addalyn's birthday was Sunshines and Rainbows.  It was sooo much fun!  Complete with her rainbow dress and sunshine cake :)

 

Lots of colorful balloons that were not only for decorations, but entertained the kids throughout the night!



And of course a yummy spread of food :)



Dancing with the balloons while waiting for guests to arrive!

Once the guests arrived, we had dinner - grilled out burgers and brats with fresh fruit, chips, and all of that good summer food that is perfect for a June birthday party!  After that the kiddos played inside with the balloons and outside on the deck with our water table for a bit before we settled in for her gift opening. 

She got wonderful toys like a sprinkler, puzzles and books, movies, toys for her sandbox and water table, a new baby doll, and some dishes and food for her play kitchen!



Concentrating hard on opening presents!



Thank you everyone for the wonderful gifts.  She's getting good use out of all of them!

After gifts, it was time for the cake!  I'm EXTREMELY excited about how the cake turned out.  I made it myself :)



Her Sunshine Cake!!
The cake was chocolate, and we also had some rainbow cupcakes in white as an option too!



The birthday girl was singing Happy Birthday along with all of us!



One attempt and her candle was blown out!

She was MUCH more lady-like with her cake eating this year!  We did not have as messy of a girl to clean up :)

2 year birthday party!

One year birthday party!

(Still apparently makes the same lip puckers when she's eating though!)

Blake thought his sister's birthday party was a blast!

Addalyn had so much fun at her birthday party. This was a fun age because she "gets it" this year. It helped that she had celebrated her grandma Jean and daddy's birthday within the 2 weeks prior, so she recently saw others blowing out the candles and such. She LOVED it! She sings the song all the time and serves us cake a lot when she is playing in her kitchen!

She wanted to sleep with the balloons that night...this picture looks like it is almost daylight in the room, but it is because of the flash, it's actually REALLY late at night. She slept with balloons above her bed for a few days until the helium was gone.

 Addy: You have brought more light and "bright sunshiny days" into our lives and our hearts than you will ever know. I love seeing the little girl you are becoming. Keep being you...it's the best!

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy, when skies are gray. You'll never know dear, how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away.