Mary Elizabeth's Birthday Party!

This weekend Mason and I took our first road trip just the two of us to Exton, PA to celebrate Mary Elizabeth's first birthday.  Mark had headed down to New Orleans for a bachelor party so I was solo parenting for the weekend. Kudos to all that are solo parents - I went to bed at 7pm last night because I was wiped out from just a few days.  On Saturday morning, I ran Mason down until he could barely stand and then we hit the road.  It worked out perfectly because he slept nearly 2 hours of the 2 1/2 hour drive. We are big road trippers and our key to success is 1) sleeping baby and 2) cartoons on the ipad.

The birthday party theme was Peter Rabbit, and Molly and Steve outdid themselves!  There was Mr McGregor's garden, a carrot hunt, Beatrix Potter book favors, and themed food. The cake was so beautiful and delicious!

Here is Mary Elizabeth eyeing up her first bit of cake. So cute!

I really need to step up my kid birthday game considering Mason's first birthday was basically a "we survived the first year" party for Mark and me.  I think people say kids don't remember much before they are age 7 so at least I have a little time to work on this.

Anyway, we don't get to see our Exton friends very frequently so we took the opportunity to stay the night and get some extra catch up time.   In the morning, we were lounging around having breakfast and I was so happy to see Mason playing with Emmett, Mary Elizabeth's big brother.  Here they are together and Mason looks so smitten with his new friend.

Hopefully we can get back to Exton soon. Happy Birthday Mary Elizabeth!