Sunday was a pretty special day ’round these parts…it was Maddie’s first birthday party!
After Maddie’s often trying first year it was so wonderful to be able to celebrate her life and what an amazing little girl she is. In order to do that the correctly it was imperative that we throw her a kick-ass post Halloween costume party! May I introduce the Flintspohrs?
Yep. That’s me as Fred, Heather as Wilma, Maddie as Pebbles, and even Rigby the dog as Dino! I was a little worried about wearing Fred’s oversized loin cloth in front of, well, anyone, but despite being a bit cold it worked out. It might not have worked out quite as well, however, if I hadn’t made the last second decision to wear work out shorts underneath. This became abundantly clear when my nephew said “I can see your shorts!” If not for my last second decision he would have said he saw…something else. And, well, lets just say there would have been a lot of crying children.
The party was held at Heather’s parents’ house, and Kirk and Linda did an amazing job as usual. The turnout was also great…so many people clearly wanted to show their love for Maddie including a large contingent of Heather’s family and many of our friends. I was especially happy that my parents, sister, brother in law, and nephews came all the way up from the Bay Area sporting awesome costumes:
Above: My sister and brother-in-law as wine drinking pirates.
My Dad as an old-timey ball player and Mom as a bee!
Spencer and Danny as Buzz Lightyear and Woody from Toy Story!
One of the coolest things about the party was being able to look around and see not only all of our amazing family and friends we have known a long time, but the friends we have met in the last year through Maddie. Nurse Nancy, who took care of Maddie when she was in the NICU and so frail, was there with two of her kids. Mumtaz and Efram came with their son Mika, who was one of Maddie’s roommates at the hospital during her third (and hopefully last) hospital stay. Some new awesome blogging friends were there too – Meghan and her cutie-pie son Zach, and Stefanie who brought her daughters Elby and Sadie.
All in all it was an amazing day and I can’t wait to spend many more days like this with Maddie. So happy birthday, little chicken muffin love bear. Daddy loves you!!!!
P.S. I kept this post sort of short because I know Heather is going to do a longer write-up about it too. If you’re interested you can check it out here.
Jodi says:
oh my gosh, look at those hands gooped with frosting. that’s awesome! What an adorable shot.
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Alison says:
Ho-ly crap. The look of joy on Maddie’s face in the baby-with-frosting shot is priceless.
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misfithausfrau says:
Wow. Happy Birthday to Maddie. I can honestly say that I haven’t seen such joy on a child’s face the way I do when you post photos of Maddie.
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Ms. Moon says:
That just makes my heart happy.
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pj says:
Nothing better than a cake picture. Seems like a wonderful day!
pj says:
Nothing better than a cake picture. Seems like a wonderful day!
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jenni says:
Awww, happy fist birthday, Maddie! And thank god for work out shorts.
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Kate says:
happy birthday to beautiful baby Maddie! I LOVE the cake smashing – and that is by far the best family costume I’ve ever seen!
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ali says:
you guys are the cutest little flintstone family. love the costumes. happy birthday!!!
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ShellyD says:
I love coming to your website and seeing that baby! Maddie brings a smile to my face every time.
Loved the Halloween costumes–you and the Mrs. make a cute Fred and Wilma–happy to see the dog got included too.
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HeatherPride says:
Oh my goodness, that looks like an awesome time!!! Happy b-day Maddie!!! YAY!!!!
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Jim says:
Happy Birthday to Maddie! That looks like a great party. Great costumes too.
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VegasDad says:
Happy (belated) Birthday Maddie! Your Halloween costumes were awesome. Looks like you had a blast.
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Kristin says:
Happy Birthday to your sweet girl! From what I’ve read, she’s overcome so much in her short year. What a strong little girl and what strong parents she has!!
We had a costume party to for my now 2yr old. And I must say, you had some pretty fun costumes there!! Looks like fun for all.
Andrea's Sweet Life says:
It looks like a great time was had by all. You guys have the cutest family in the history of the universe.
Bonnie says:
That picture of Maddie and the cake is hysterical. Glad you had such a great celebration and your costumes rock!
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Becky Mochaface says:
I left a comment on Heather’s blog but had to repeat myself here. Such a cute costume idea! And Happy Birthday to Maddie!
Jamie says:
The Flintstones –
Love it
Birthday pictures are great –
Glad she had a great birthday!!!
Mary Beth (Cats, Books, Life is Good) says:
Happy Birthday Maddie! Great pictures of the birthday girl. I love your halloween costumes and much more appropriate than a drunken priest. I had a great deal of fun sharing some of your previous pictures:P
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Jen W says:
Looks like a fun party but I can’t get over that picture of Maddie w/ the cake. She looks sooo happy. What a great moment to capture. She’s so cute I can hardly stand it- Those eyes- Oy!!!
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Kristin says:
What a great way to celebrate Maddie’s birthday! Look how far she’s come! I’m so happy for you!
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Zandor says:
That first picture is so so incredibly adorable. I really like the halloween costumes.
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Leslie says:
Maddie is one super special little girl who definitely deserves all the good stuff that comes her way. She’s beautiful – Happy Birthday Maddie!!
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Angela says:
Gorgeous pics!