For months we'd been looking forward to celebrating Aubrina's first birthday with a big old party. But the plans quickly changed when Aubrina caught a stomach bug the day before her birthday (which was on October 11), and we had to cancel her party.
We ended up postponing the party for 2 weeks, and instead of having it at the park, we had it at our house. It was great to see lots of family and friends and have all their kids come over to play!
We kept the same catering order for 75 people, although we knew that only about 50 people would show up for the new party (and actually only about 40 people ended up coming). We had TONS of Mexican food leftover and gave it away to some of our guests and packed up the rest in the freezer. Yum!
Aubrina loved eating the frosting on her cake (she wasn't too interested in the cake itself) and opening her presents. Her favorite gifts were the bottle from a baby doll (she's still getting used to the actual baby doll, but she looooves the bottle!) and a gum ball machine that lights up and plays music (The 'gum balls' are 2.5 in colorful balls, so there's no choking hazard).
Thanks to everyone who could make it to the party on short notice and help make her birthday special!!
