sticky fingers & smoochin

me no like sticky fingers

Greetings Earthlings. I am posting a ton of photos from this past weekend. Lottie Sue had two birthday parties and loved every minute of them. She got so excited when we sang "Happy Birthday" and would clap with much enthusiasm when it was over. The only time she became upset was when we gave her a cupcake to eat. She DID NOT like the icing on her hands, she couldn't get past it. I think maybe she had one tiny bite but really wanted out of there. She still made a mess so I took her upstairs and gave her a quick bath, then she was all smiles again.

I'm just going to start laying down the photos, there are a lot. This is after we sang Happy Birthday. Matt video recorded it and one day when I take the time to get into it I'll post it (along with 100 other videos we have). These were taken right before she got mad, when that happened I whisked her upstairs for that bath.


I had all intentions of making a really cool Elmo cake, but Kroger seemed a lot easier. The baby cheesecakes are courtesy of Grandma Wix.

elmo overload

And here are a few photos from the gathering...

grandmothers with grand babies, max and mary ann venable and lottie sue with her bb

And here is a photo of Lottie Sue's first smooch, I think overall Max kissed LS six times but she was always game.

lottie sue venable has a nice ring to it

max kissing ls again (that's max's mom, kim, holding LS and you'll see megan on the right with max's new little sister, lucy)

lottie making beautiful music (and please know that this bow is not exactly where i wanted it, she won't let me put bows in her hair anymore and it's all i could get)

lottie sue and max loved tickling the ivories together

bb with the birthday girl

aunt shirley (along with her husband stan, giver of frog puppet you'll see below) with lottie sue

lottie sue about to break granbunny's leg, but she was a good sport about it

here we have megan feeding baby lucy

lucy in her pilgrim bonnet - adorable

And after the bath Lottie Sue had a few gifts to open...

Here I am with the birthday girl...

We also had a small birthday gathering that night and I have a few photos of that as well. I must thank Carrie for sending some of these, she was quick to capture moments.

carrie and lottie sue at play

we gave her a baby cheesecake, it was after dinner and she wasn't very interested

birthday girl with her birthday crown on (it lasted maybe 4 seconds, nothing stays on her head these days)

kat, kenley, moi, a wide-eyed megan and elmo

lottie sue eating the maracas (gift from kenley) while i lean in for a pose

more elmo overload

That concludes Lottie Sue's first birthday. We really had a great time, Lottie Sue especially loved the attention and she was just so darn happy and cute.

This week she's been teething. She doesn't feel well and she is super clingy, I feel like a Siamese twin. I hope that it pushes through in the next few days, or even better right now as she is napping (ha ha ha). Anywho, I'm signing off - post to you later!