Oh “Two”dles!

Our baby is two!  Although, I guess he’s not a baby anymore …How did that happen??  Since Parker loves Mickey, it was pretty easy to pick a theme for his birthday party.   We had a cookout at our house and celebrated with lots of good friends. 

The cake: Jenny’s friend in Charlotte made it.  She makes her own fondant…It was probably some of the best cake I’ve ever had.(Danielle I saved you a piece…it’s in the freezer…hopefully it still tastes good when you come visit!)

Not sure what happened but he decided he was done having everyone sing to him…

It’s too bad Addison wasn’t a little closer…she could have helped him blow out the candles!!

Not only was this some of the best cake we’ve had, it was pretty colorful too…inside and out!  I thought for sure it was going to stain everyone’s mouth red or blue but it didn’t.

Yum!

Aunt Kari & Mickey

Bart, Dana & Ethan…Looks like Ethan didn’t like the cake??

Ian enjoying some cake with his Daddy!

Julia, Missy & Joe…and who is that woman on t.v.?  Why was the t.v. even on?

Pete, Debbie & Emily

Parker & Emily…it’s really hard to get a picture of two toddlers in which they’re both looking and smiling…we need to crop these two pictures together and we’d have a pretty good one!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Parker!  You’re the sweetest little boy ever, and we love you so much! 

(Thank you, Debbie, for being our photographer!)

It’s Official…

they’re Mr. & Mrs. Faust!  On May 20, 2011, Mike and Danielle tied the knot!  It was a beautiful ceremony and a perfect day.  It was very obvious how much they love each other and I’m so happy they’re finally married!

We were up bright and early to get to the salon so the girls could get their hair done.  Here they are…a work in progress:

Danielle was hoping Jenn could recreate the same hairdo as at the trial run…and she did!

Emma had a picture and knew exactly what she wanted…and luckily the hairstylist had just done the same hairdo for a girl the week before!

Jenna was had no picture and had a hard time getting the hairstylist to see her vision for her hairdo...it turned out beautiful in the end after a quick fix of her bangs when we got home!

The final products:

So cute!

She looked so beautiful…and yes, she wore that veil all day!

Mom looked so pretty with her hair done too!

Camryn had looked forward to this day for a long time!  She was so excited to have her hair done and put on her pretty dress!

Made me wish I had long hair so I could have had an up do too!

Time to do our makeup!

I was not expecting to do Danielle’s makeup, but with a little help from Jacklyn and Connie, it looked great!

Playing games while we waited to get dressed!

Emma tried to teach Camyrn a game but she had her own in mind :)

The only pictures I have of the ceremony…my photographer was too busy occupying in Parker!

One of the best men, Pete & I

She was so excited…we were all thinking that if there was ever a day that Mike might shed a tear it would be that day…but that didn’t happen. He was pretty excited too, though!

“I do!”

So happy to finally be Mr. & Mrs. Faust!

Family photo… I wish we could have gotten one with Chad, Parker and I in there too!

Chad with his sisters, Kari & Shannon

Our little man…this was right before he took a tumble on the concrete and bruised his head.

Emma, Jordan, Jenna & Kyle

Father & Daughter dance

The cake was so pretty!

They had a half hour of dancing before dinner…it was the perfect time for Parker to show off his moves and dance with Camryn before he headed back to the hotel and Mommy & Daddy enjoyed a night to themselves!

This is the Mid-Hudson Bridge behind us.  Mike and Danielle emailed a guy and they actually lit it up in sangria lights for them that night!

Rehearsal Party!

Rehearsal at the church went pretty smoothly.  It took us two run throughs but everyone quickly figured out where to stand, when to go, and got strict instructions to walk slowly (from who I won’t say…)!  Then it was time to party!

The rehearsal party was so much fun.  Dinner was at Mariners on the Hudson River (Mike’s cousins own and run it).  Dinner was delicious…and the chocolate lava cake was amazing!  I still haven’t had a chance to thank Danielle & Mike for the candle in my cake and for singing to me…I thought we were just recognizing the kids’ birthdays! 

So happy and excited for the next day!

My cousins- Kyle, Jordan, Jenna & Emma

Loving the new train he got from Aunt Elle & Uncle Mike

One of our better family photos…

Me & Daddyo

He’s got the “cheese!” down…now we need the follow up smile!

Almost officially her son-in-law!

My two favorite guys!

Camryn loves Parker…And I think he’s pretty fond of her too!

Parker, Aunt Brenda & Uncle Craig

Parker & Jenna…he was just about done having his picture taken at this point.  Little did he know what was going to happen tomorrow…

It was all fun and games…

Until Parker got a fever and threw up!  Poor baby…he just wasn’t acting right Tuesday afternoon and started feeling warm right before his nap.  I gave him some tylenol and put him to bed.  When he woke up, he still felt warm and was very crabby.  I gave him some more Tylenol and had just sat down with him on the couch to cuddle him when he threw up all over me.  Oh the joys of being a mom!  Luckily there were four other people there to help us get cleaned up.  I felt so bad for him…he was just pitiful!  But I kept trying to look on the bright side in that it could have been the night before the wedding…

                                  

Luckily this little bug or whatever it was didn’t last long and he felt better in just a day or two.  The funniest part of the whole thing had to be Uncle Mike getting puked on…  I guess that’s what happens when you feed a sick baby jello and then ice cream!  Lesson learned, right Uncle Mike??