The Details

So I kind of wanted to just document some of the details of Keelyn's birthday, even if I'm the only person who cares they're up here.

First, you should know that I just spent about TWO FULL HOURS trying to get my video camera to load to my computer, and after ripping the cords out, vigorously tearing the camera to shreds with my teeth, and hanging myself with the tape from the VCD, there is no video to be seen. No worries, you can still view it if you want to come to my house and crowd behind the two square inch screen on the back of my camera, but video of Keelyn stuffing an entire cupcake in her mouth all in one bite is apparently not destined to make you laugh unless you are willing to go to such lengths.

So, for the other stuff...the details...

The invitation...
My springtime inspiration...these tulips are just like the ones we had when Keelyn was born last year, and I just love the way it makes me feel now to have them in the house again.
The food table...
The favors for the kiddos who partied with us...(inside: springtime coloring books and crayons and bubbles for big kids, bath time books and bubbles for babies)...flowers to personalize each bag...
The cupcakes...each decorated with a "flower" I made using two gumdrops...

And for the final detail...one that didn't quite make it to the party...the details of a year.

It's a funny story, really. I created a slide show of Hailey's first year of life for her first birthday, and burned it to DVD to play on a loop during her party. I never looked at it even once while we were visiting with everyone, but when the house had cleared, I realized that it hadn't burned properly, and it was looping the same two pictures the entire time! Two pictures, mind you, that included me, swollen and exhausted, having just given birth.

So this time around I was determined to get it right. And I had the whole slide show created a week ahead of time. Only it wouldn't identify all of the files. So I removed some. Then it wouldn't burn to DVD. So I saved it to be read on my computer. Only that didn't do me any good for the party. So there was no slide show at all...not even two bad pictures.

So...Here it is, minus the images I had to remove to get it to save properly...and at lightning speed because it was too long for YouTube, and I'll be damned if I was doing the whole thing over again, so it's at half time...and without music, because, well, I'm spent! So...take a deep breath, play your favorite song in your head, and whatever you do, don't blink! Enjoy!