Bailey Cupcakes

My Bailey is turning 14 on Thursday, so (in order to avoid NYE craziness) we're going out to dinner to celebrate on Wednesday. Mama bought me the Martha Stewart Cupcakes book I had been wanting (AND a Joann's gift card!) for Christmas, so I decided Bailey's birthday was a good opportunity to practice my cupcake skills. Bailey actually helped me make these... He loves cooking, baking and especially desserts!



So this was my inspiration for the cupcakes that I wanted to make Bailey... Only not pink of course (simple enough, right???)....

Cupcakes baked...

Fondant rolled and circles cut...

Frosting made from scratch (I know it's not rocket science, but it was a first for me!) and dyed...

White Chocolate Melts ready to be melted...

Maxton showing me his Mr. Potato heads "toes"...

Decorating bag ready to be filled...

B's ready to be traced...

Bailey being a goof...

And the finished product...

Holy disastrous kitchen.....

Maxton's 2nd Birthday Party

This past Saturday we had a party at our house for Max's 2nd birthday. His birthday isn't until the 20th, but we wanted to go ahead and have his party a little early so it wouldn't conflict with Christmas festivities.

The party turned out great... Max had such a good time. He loved seeing all of his friends and all of the Elmo decorations. It was so fun to see all of the little ones playing together so well and having such a good time. Kim did a fantastic job with the face painting and everyone loved it!

Max LOVED opening presents... He was a little overwhelmed, but that didn't stop him from loving every second! It was too cute... As he was opening each present he would say "Oh, wow!" (sometimes before he actually even saw what the present was).

Granny bought him a Yo Gabba Gabba microphone, which he loved and he spent the rest of the weekend using to sing "happy dirday dada".... "happy dirday mama"... So sweet! :-)


Birthday Boy...
Elmo cake...

Table...

Favor bags...

Decorations...

Grammy and Max...

Maxton watching Elmo on TV...

Trystan...

Davis...

Brandon and Lauren...

Sweet Aubree...

Jadon...

Lauren and Jadon...

Kevin and Elmo...

Dawson...

Bailey helping get the food ready for the party (and testing it out apparently)...

Trystan...

Davis...

Halloween 2009

Max all dressed and ready for his Halloween party at daycare today...

Kevin carved this fun Elmo pumpkin for Max...

Canton

Rebecca, Max and I went to Canton this weekend and we had a great time. Max was fantastic. I got some fun things and ate some yummy fried food. We introduced Max to the wonder that is Funnel cake and it was love at first bite! :-)

-- Posted from my iPhone

Purse Organization

Here are some pictures of the pouches I made to keep my purse organized.

I made this one to hold my iPod and accessories...

A peek at the inside...

This one is for miscellaneous junk...

This one is for lip gloss...

I made this one to hold my compact and lip glosses...

This one is for my blue tooth...

Maxton Signing

Kaleidoscope