Monday, September 19, 2011

party time!

heads up: this post is going to be picture heavy. we're talking super duper here. unless you are my sister and have forced me to post this, please feel free to just quickly browse through the zillion photos. :)


the day after choi boy's actual birthday, we had a big fat celebration for our birthday boy!

because of all the crazy, out-of-control rain, our original plans of an outdoor party (at the famous train park, no less!) needed to be changed. to say i was a bit frazzled while scrambling around to find a new location might be an understatement -- just a little one. ;) i may or may not have sent out around 5 crazed emails to all of our guests... but, we managed to get everything taken care of and we prepped for our new indoor party.

of course, the day of the party was the sunshiniest day we had seen in days and days, but oh well. ;)

cb's birthday was a loose circus theme...set in motion because of the old-fashion train at the park where the party was originally supposed to be held. my friend, christine, did an amaaaaaaaaaazing job designing the banner, cupcake toppers, signs, and favor tags that you'll soon see. her work tied everything together and added the best finishing touches. love her!

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the cake that my sister saved. it looked naaaaaaasty the night before and i felt like i couldn't serve it to our guests. tiff worked some magic with some new icing and we added the red and blue m&m's, a mini bunting thingy i quickly scrapped together, and a cupcake topper. ...and voila! serveable. ;)

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homemade cookies and mini swirlpops for favors

and now what you're all really waiting for...pictures of the birthday boy himself. :)
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we (okay, *i*) made cb wear this silly clown tie, and surprisingly, he LOVED it!

cb's uncles brought him these giant balloons:
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he was rather possesive about them. :)

miss daisy came to do balloon animals and glitter tattoos!
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the grown-ups thought the glitter tattoos were pretty cool, too. ;)

there were also some crafty crafts.
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but mostly, there were lots and lots of people that were there to love on our boy. and for that we were so grateful.
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a cb imposter was also in our midst...

there was some singing...
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and some blowing out candles...
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and then lots and lots of eating of sweets!
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but not before some hilarious photo ops. ;)

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cupcakes are best eaten with chopsticks, didn't you know?

somewhere in there was a wardrobe change...
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and then more sweets!
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someone was wee bit intoxicated from copious amounts of chocolate...
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can you blame him?!

of course, cb spent a lot of time surrounded by the ladies!
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and of course, of course, choi boy's extended family showered and covered him with love.
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and after all that? cb plopped himself in the corner, emptied out his diaper bag and declared himself partied out.
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what a silly guy!

we loved celebrating our little guy and are so, so, SO very grateful for all those that came out to celebrate him, too (even if you were only there with us in spirit!)!
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happy two to you, cb!


...and i might never throw a birthday party again. phew!

17 comments:

  1. Um, OK, seriously? Where do I start. First of all, you are most DEFINITELY throwing more parties because you did an awesome job at this one. Second, the last photo BETTER be your Christmas card photo!! OK?? Third, I about died when I saw CB wearing that tie - too much awesome. Fourth, I, too eat my cupcake with a chopstick so why are you making fun? Fifth, I love all the crafts and the glitter tattoos - I should have been a guest at this party, I'm just sayin'. Finally, the look on CB's face in the photo with his whole family is .... priceless. I'm assuming he's drunk on candy and other sweet goodies :) Happy TWO, big guy!!!

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  2. I'm finally catching up and what a post to do that. Grace you look beautiful and you should be a party planner. Everything looks awesome. Love your header pictures too!

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  3. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love it. :)

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  4. what a fun party. love the clown tie.

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  5. LOve it!!!! also love this blog format! props and yay for the chois!!!!
    hurray for CARSON!!!!!!!

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  6. What an awesome party!! I'm so glad it all worked out and you were able to find a new location. LOVE all the decorations by Christine, and the tie is too cute! Happy 2nd birthday CB!!

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  7. What a fun party! I am so impressed you were able to rearrange everything with such little notice...you'd never know it! Love the pic with the huge tie as CB holds his balloons proudly.

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  8. It looks like a LOVELY party! I love the thing and CB in that big tie is just too much. Love it!

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  9. Hey! What do you know? I finally found a way to comment using my wordpress account! YAY!! CB's party looked amazing!! That tie is hilarious! You should definitely be a party planner. I'm giving you 9 months notice to plan Lukas' party! :)

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  10. It.was.awesome.
    Thanks for having us!
    I can't believe how well you were able to pull off the last second location switch.

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  11. great theme! and great party, especially that tie. Happy 2 CB!

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  12. Wow! There are so many amazing things to comment on! First, I love the pic of CB drunk on sweets:). My kind of guy! And the theme and decorations-perfect! What a great celebration for a great little guy.

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  13. Now that's a party! Christine did an amazing job for you as well - love her work! Looks like soooo much fun for Carson - Twos are so much fun! Enjoy!

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  14. Next year, I want to be invited... ok?!?! Man, you sure do know how to throw an awesome bash!!! I love all the thought and love you put into this party Grace... CB is one lucky dude!!! I love the pictures of him in the tie... and the CB imposter made me snort with laughter! And, uhm, I totally expect to see that family shot with the big ole clown glasses on my Christmas card... ok?!?

    (And thanks for the sweet words - love you too! This party was seriously SO much fun to work on!!!)

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  15. What an awesome birthday party!! Grace, you did such a great job with EVERYTHING!! Love all the pictures and it looked like CB had a blast with all his guests! I adore his extra large tie! ha! My favorite picture is still the crazy cupcake eyes! lol!

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  16. omg. cb's party is awesome! the theme is awesome! i love how you carried out everything! and the last minute cake save? awesome! love the bunting you just "threw on"!!!

    it's so great to see how much cb loves his family and they love him. the joy on everyone's faces is contagious. :)

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