Winter ONE-derland!!!

Last Saturday was Madison's 1st birthday party! We drove up to Brian and Lacey's for the big party and Mckayla was so excited for the "penguin party!" As soon as we pulled up we could see snowflakes hanging down from the front porch and penguins sitting by the door!!! And that was just the start of the ADORABLE decorations! Here's the sign on the front door:

Check out these little penguins Lacey made out of olives and carrots and cream cheese (I think)!!!


The favor bags:
HERE'S THE BIRTHDAY GIRL!!!!!!
Oh my goodness this cake was AMAZING!!! I so wish I could do this with cakes!!!


Madison tearing into her smash cake:
She loooooved it and ate most of the icing off of it!
Mckayla had been whining for cake the whole party but her demeanor changed pretty quickly when she finally got a piece!
This was the part we had been building up with Mckayla for the past couple weeks; we have been so ready to get rid of Mckayla's pacifiers because she wakes up at night crying for it when it has fallen out of the crib. So we decided we would talk her into giving them to baby Madison for her birthday, telling her that she was a baby and NEEDED them and Mckayla is a big girl and doesn't need it anymore. So we got a little gift bag, let Mckayla gather them all up and put them in the bag for her and give them to her all by herself. The whole car ride there she had the bag in her lap, switching the 3 pacifiers in and out (before she fell asleep). When the time came, she did SOOO good!!! She gave the bag to Madison and handed them to her and didn't fuss about it AT ALL!!! We were so proud of her! And she's doing pretty good without it at home now too, only asking a couple times for it at bedtime!!!

Then Madison had fun with the bag and kept putting things in it and pulling them back out again. Lacey said she's turning into a little sorter too!
It was a great day and an awesome party!!! We were so glad to share in Madison's big day!