Halle is ONE!

Our little baby girl is ONE! That is so hard to believe, sniff, sniff. When Matney turned one we (ok, I) knew that there was another little girl right around the corner so it didn't feel the same as HK's bday. What if we don't have any more children and this is our last first birthday? AGH! Both of our babies are growing up way too fast! Since we can't slow down time we'll just enjoy it and yesterday was a great day. These are just the pictures I got off my mom's camera before she left town yesterday. I'll download ours and add them sometime. Here is Halle's birthday in pictures...

Matney and Daddy spend the morning waiting on HK to wake up by bounching on the new outside chair cushins. They were purchased 30 minutes prior to this picture when I made J go back to Home Depot with the ones we'd already purchased weeks ago...that we realize this morning were not the right size! AGH!

Halle Kate woke up to find a new boucing pony from MoMo!!!!

Halle Kate's "smash cake" is complete!

The girls slide across the floor.

Mommy and HK sample the icing for breakfast. YUMMY! The 3 Heald girls have consumed WAY TOO MUCH cake and icing during the last 48 hours!

Birthday Banner complete! I just bought a normal banner from the dollar store and covered it in different scrapbook papers. The pom poms I started for Matney's party in March that we never had. They are super easy (but a big pain) to make!

Gifts for the kiddos coming to party with us! The big kids got their own bowls, spatulas, cake mix, icing and cupcake holders so that they can make cupcakes at home. I know you Moms appreciate that!

The cupcake pops are out on display! I came across these several months ago and planned HK's party all around making them. Although when we made them last weekend I was ready to QUIT and just go buy a cake! They turned out super cute so I'm glad Jared has patience when I don't! Here is the link if you want to try them. They are cake mushed up with icing, shaped to look like cupcaks, dipped in brown chocolate on the bottom and pink on the top. So cute!

A black bean snack!

Our friends are here all the way from Perry!

A table of cupcakes!

The party favors for everyone...cupcake pops again!




Halle Kate in her party dress and bow!

We started with a clean room!

Jared decorated the plate for Halle Kate!

Matney was so excited to see her friend Mylee!

A few attempts at a family photo. HK was much more interested in the balloons and Matney just wanted to eat a cupcake!


Time to eat cake!

Yummy! HK carefully picked the sprinkles off without making too much of a mess. Matney set nearby and helped.


As good as it gets for a family picture!

Halle CRIED when I took her big cupcake away so we let her have a little one to munch on.

Matney and her new favorite hat. Quack, Quack! We are totally prepared for Elmo and his ducks now!

Unwrapping lots of presents!

HK has lots of new toys...and loves the plastic they came in!

We ended with a disaster of a room (and house!).

We'd made all the mess we could inside so we headed out.

Shew, by the end of the day we were clearly so tired we were goofy! Abby and I modeling hats. She's a cute turtle!

Abby brought Matney and My Little Pony and solidified her place as Matney's Favorite Person EVER!