Aldana's 'R' Bloggin': Happy Birthday Effie! Party Time!!

We had a big Baby Einstein birthday bash for Effie! Her actual birthday is on February 27th, however, we did not have her party until March 28th. We waited a month to have her party because my Dad came home from Kuwait in March and my Sister, Amy came home from her mission in Panama in March; we really wanted them at her party so we decided what the heck…we might as well just wait for them! The party was a lot of work; it was months in the planning. Thankfully I have an awesome family that really helped pull the whole thing together the day of the party! They helped with so much and we really could not have pulled it off without them! Julia and Eric blew up balloons and slaved away in the kitchen, Shannon put all the goodie boxes together and helped decorate, Kim helped decorate, slaved in the kitchen, and set up the buffet table, my Mom helped in the kitchen, Amy was on dishwashing and cake duty, my brother Andrew was a HUGE help and set up the popcorn machine, snow cone station, set up tables and chairs and a ton of other stuff; my Dad got the piñata ready and a ton of other stuff!! Also, thanks to my good friend Julie Merrill, we had a birthday cake for Effie! I baked all the cakes but when the time came to put the cake together, I had no time left! Julie worked so hard in the kitchen getting the cake ready and it looked so awesome! I can’t thank everyone enough for all their help! The party really came together, thanks everyone for your hard work!

So many of our friends and family came to Effie’s party, it was great to see everyone! Thank you everyone for the amazing gifts, we love everything!!

Happy Birthday my baby girl! I can’t believe you’re 1.

The first thing Effie did at her party was eat and sleep!