Mia's 1st Birthday Party!!

Well, it finally arrived....Mia's Alice in wonderland party! It was a memorable day!! It was a lot more windy than we would have liked, but it still turned out perfect! I was really afraid that Mia would have a hard time with the huge crowd and all the action, but she had a blast! She seemed to really enjoy herself and was happy as can be the whole time! Thank you so much to everyone that came out and celebrated with us and thank you for all of the wonderful gifts! Mia truly LOVES everything she received and it was so kind of all of you to show her so much love! I found myself getting extremely emotional during the 'Happy Birthday' song, I guess it just hit me at that moment that my baby is one year old and I could not hold back the tears! So embarrassing! LOL Here are a TON of pictures of the festivities:


This is 1st thing in the morning picking up the cake at Jenny's Bakery, I LOVED IT! They did an AMAZING job as usual, it was exactly what I wanted, very Alice!




Just as guests are arriving


I have always wanted to do this!



I was HORRIBLE at it! LOL



Sarah was much better, she made the cotton candy from then on!



Lots of food!




Lots of sweets!



Lots of fun!








"Happy Birthday to you!"......



Mia loved her cake!



So yummy!!



Here are some of the kids lined up for the "Make Your Own Mad Hatter Hat" Judging, they all did such a great job!!



Daddy did an awesome job making this Alice photo-op for every one to enjoy!


Mia enjoying some of her wonderful gifts!

It was a beautiful, wonderful day!

Let's Rodeo!

On Thursday we took Mia to the Houston Rodeo for the first time. She really loved seeing all of the animals! We did not take her to the rodeo/show since that would have been WAY past her bedtime! I am sure she did not mind missing it! We had a lot of fun and at a TON of food. Mia ate some skillet potatoes and a little BBQ, she really liked it! Here are a few snapshots of the day.

riding the tram to the front gates:



in front of Reliant Stadium:



Mia excited to start her day at the Rodeo:



"You were right mommy, this Rodeo food is GREAT!":

Grandma buying Mia and Veronica (my cousin Janessa's little cutie pie!) some souvenir's:

they would not take their eyes of Elsie for a picture, I don't think they trusted her! LOL:

gotta get one of Daddy, since he is usually behind the camera: