The Wonderly Fam

as i said in the previous post payton's birthday was cold, but our dear friends and family still came to celebrate with us! it was so special. we truly are blessed by everyone who cares about our big 2 year old. it was originally going to be at our house in our yard, but with the weather we moved it to a covered park pavilion.

she is in love her her retro trike that juju and pops gave her.

the petting zoo was a hit to everyone, but the birthday girl! she was too cold to
enjoy it. auntie tried to get her to pet the goat, but then it started pooping! we may have to repeat this birthday party down the line :) i can save the bandanna flag garland that was
supposed to hang in our trees.

payton's cousins cold face... the animals were cold, too!

i went a little crazy on the details...but it's all in the details, right?
i copied an etsy shop and made plates. with a few hole punches and
decorative scissors you have designer plates! i also sewed a
red table runner with jean pocket fork holders. (i cut them off an old
pair of jord's jeans)

the party favors were so much fun to package thanks to audras help. (my college
roommate, pic below) she cut and prepped and i sewed
them together. we crafted away the whole time she was here. her and her husband, dustin(paytie's 1st crush) came on wednesday to hang and helped out so much!

my sweet coworkers...presenting the northwest elementary school 3rd grade team(minus vicky)
katharine, erin & emily (e & e are sisters...it must be so nice to work with your sister)

a few other coworkers came, too with little emma, leah, & landry.

due to the weather we closed the petting zoo early and headed to juju and pop's house for
cake and presents. i did feel bad that none of our guest had cake, but it was nice being with family sitting around a fire...IN MARCH!!! crazy!

birthday girl about to blow out her candle! sis helped me make the cake.

yes, i made her a sling for her baby and she LOVES it! she
asked for baby all the time. i help put her in and she pats baby and hugs her while in the sling.
the vacuum is from her great grandma in okc. little miss homemaker already

e joined in on the present opening.

she got a stick pony from nana and grandad that she calls "neigh, neigh"
and a bike helment from auntie and p...never too early for bike safety, even thought it's
a tricycle, haha
(notice the fire in the back ground)

this is her beautiful handmade book shelf form her nana and
gradad in okc. back in november i asked them if they had plans for her gift and
proceeded to request this shelf and handed them the below pic from the pottery barn kids
magazine. isn't it just amazing!? the special part is that the backing is bead board from jordan's toy chest and now it's payton's bookshelf! and it's eco friendly :)

despite the weather we did have fun! it will definitely be a party to remember!