Yesterday was Tia's first birthday party at her Great Uncle Chuck and Aunt Brooke's house in Edwardsville. It was a family event with about 40 people in attendance. The weather was horrendous and at one point, I even called off the party because I didn't want to take the chance of any accidents or worse. The snowfall looked like a foot high but it was the wind that was making it really hard to travel.
I went out early to Wal-Mart to get supplies for the party and I can honestly say, I was all over the road. After talking with several family members, we decided to go ahead and have the party. (1) When could we even reschedule...we probably couldn't (2) Christmas is just two weeks away and everyone is busy with the holidays (3) We already paid for the cake, food, and supplies (4) Tons of people will still make it (5) Those who know it is too dangerous can stay home and they'll know we will understand. To my surprise we had almost 40 people there. I was amazed. Tia made out like a bandit. She had so many presents that I was overwhelmed opening them all. I had to enlist the help of Tia's cousins Janelle and Juliean who had no problem opening up the gifts. Of course I loved all the clothes and videos and Tia loved all the toys. She was a trooper all day long. She had a few spells where her temper came out, but for being passed around constantly to people she may or may not remember, she did well. She had her own little birthday cake to demolish and she was so dainty about it. She LOVED the icing and just kept eating it and was mad when we took it away. We did give her the Dora figurine off the top and she just ate on that until poor Dora had no icing left. Tia was mad if we even tried to take her away from her. When we got home, we opened a ton of her toys to play with and she went to town.
Chris and I decided that she knew exactly what it meant because she acted so excited. She kept crawling up on Chris with an excited scream with a big old smile. She just played and played until bedtime. It was super cute. So her first birthday party was a hit and being two weeks after Thanksgiving and two weeks before Christmas was perfect. Thanks to Chuck and Brooke for their home and big thanks to Leslie and Alyssa for their help facilitating the party....I would have been a mess without their help! So Tia knows who was all there when she reads this one day: Great Grandpa Dan & Great Grandma Tena Merli, Great Grandma (G.G.) Stella Merli, Great Grandma Billie Gulledge, Grandma (Katma) Kathi Spears, Grandpa Mike & Grandma Marsha Norris, Grandpa Donald Paul & Grandma Tharinee Gulledge, Aunt Amber Chappell, Uncle Dakota Chappell, Uncle Brandon Pritchett, Aunt Dolor Gulledge & Cousins Juliean & Janelle, Great Uncle Chuck & Great Aunt Brooke Gulledge & Brock, Chase, Beau, Great Aunt Kina & Great Uncle Evan Jones & Garryt, Drew, Great Aunt Jenny & Great Uncle Dave Dawson, Great Uncle Dennis & Great Aunt Debbie Merli & Dierdre, Great Aunt Fran Cain, 2nd Cousin Jamie & Larry Butkovich, Leslie Schultz, Alyssa Smith, Daddy, Mommy & Tia.
I went out early to Wal-Mart to get supplies for the party and I can honestly say, I was all over the road. After talking with several family members, we decided to go ahead and have the party. (1) When could we even reschedule...we probably couldn't (2) Christmas is just two weeks away and everyone is busy with the holidays (3) We already paid for the cake, food, and supplies (4) Tons of people will still make it (5) Those who know it is too dangerous can stay home and they'll know we will understand. To my surprise we had almost 40 people there. I was amazed. Tia made out like a bandit. She had so many presents that I was overwhelmed opening them all. I had to enlist the help of Tia's cousins Janelle and Juliean who had no problem opening up the gifts. Of course I loved all the clothes and videos and Tia loved all the toys. She was a trooper all day long. She had a few spells where her temper came out, but for being passed around constantly to people she may or may not remember, she did well. She had her own little birthday cake to demolish and she was so dainty about it. She LOVED the icing and just kept eating it and was mad when we took it away. We did give her the Dora figurine off the top and she just ate on that until poor Dora had no icing left. Tia was mad if we even tried to take her away from her. When we got home, we opened a ton of her toys to play with and she went to town. Chris and I decided that she knew exactly what it meant because she acted so excited. She kept crawling up on Chris with an excited scream with a big old smile. She just played and played until bedtime. It was super cute. So her first birthday party was a hit and being two weeks after Thanksgiving and two weeks before Christmas was perfect. Thanks to Chuck and Brooke for their home and big thanks to Leslie and Alyssa for their help facilitating the party....I would have been a mess without their help! So Tia knows who was all there when she reads this one day: Great Grandpa Dan & Great Grandma Tena Merli, Great Grandma (G.G.) Stella Merli, Great Grandma Billie Gulledge, Grandma (Katma) Kathi Spears, Grandpa Mike & Grandma Marsha Norris, Grandpa Donald Paul & Grandma Tharinee Gulledge, Aunt Amber Chappell, Uncle Dakota Chappell, Uncle Brandon Pritchett, Aunt Dolor Gulledge & Cousins Juliean & Janelle, Great Uncle Chuck & Great Aunt Brooke Gulledge & Brock, Chase, Beau, Great Aunt Kina & Great Uncle Evan Jones & Garryt, Drew, Great Aunt Jenny & Great Uncle Dave Dawson, Great Uncle Dennis & Great Aunt Debbie Merli & Dierdre, Great Aunt Fran Cain, 2nd Cousin Jamie & Larry Butkovich, Leslie Schultz, Alyssa Smith, Daddy, Mommy & Tia.
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