Addy's Sweet Shoppe Birthday

Addy's sweet shoppe birthday party was on Friday and I am so happy that we finally have pictures to post!! My friend Dawn took all of these pictures for us, and I can't thank her enough! She did such an amazing job capturing the party with pictures that we never would have taken. Most of you know about my *slight* obsession with birthday parties and holidays-- and this party was quite the task. I am thrilled how it all turned out because Addy was the happiest little girl on earth-- it was the cutest thing! The hardest part was making her cake. Let's just say I tried fondant for the first time and it didn't quite work out how I wanted it to. The only thing that made it worth it was that Addy told me once she saw the cake, "Mommy that is the most beautiful cake I've ever seen!" She also repeatedly told me how beautiful her birthday party was, and that makes all the hard work worth every moment!!! Enjoy the pictures and click on them to get an even better view....

The dessert table with the cutest banner made by my very crafty sister in law, Kelly

These are sugar cookie lollipops-- quite a hit with the kids!

My not so perfect cake

Chocolate covered marshmellows

Part of the candy favors

Table setting with bags for the kids to fill with candy

Mommy and the birthday girl! Isn't her hair adorable? Daddy took her to the salon that morning :)

Candy scavenger hunt (as if the table didn't have enough candy?)

Lollipop walk game, the kids stopped on a colored dot every time the music stopped to win a BIG lollipop

Now you can really see the imperfections with the cake-- but it was really really good (and I normally don't like birthday cakes).

Most of the party guests

Family shot

3 Months

Where did this baby come from? This blonde hair, light skin, and blue eyes is still throwing us off a little! Sweet baby Luke is 3 months young today and oh he is the most delicious baby ever. I just love to squeeze and cuddle him. Here are a few pictures of him over the past week. He is getting pretty big and is such a big flirt. He makes the sweetest noises in his crib when he wakes up in the morning. He is such a happy baby that he rarely cries for me to get him. He is perfectly content in the morning and after naptime just hanging out in his crib patiently waiting for his mama to feed him! We're still at that stage where I can plop him anywhere around the house and he doesn't move-- it's so wonderful. Not necessarily looking forward to the day that I have to watch his every move-- we're enjoying it while it lasts!!

Vacation

We just returned home a few days ago from a lovely vacation in New England. New England in the summer is the best! We had fantastic weather and enjoyed all of the charming things NE has to offer. We spent the first few days in Massachusetts with my mom. We then headed down to Weekapaug, Rhode Island to visit our great friends, the Zola's. They lived here in Williamsburg and have a summer home in Rhode Island. They recently moved to Greenwich, CT so we miss them already! It was great to see them and spend time with their family. They were amazing hosts and we loved staying with them! If you can believe this, we stayed with them for 5 days along with other friends of ours who have 4 kids. We had a total of 10 kids and 6 adults. One of the days more friends showed up with 4 more kids-- at that point it was a little chaotic. But we had a blast! We spent a few days on the beach and also enjoyed the charming surrounding towns.

3 generations of Tillotson ladies :)

Addy on the oldest carousel in the country-- Watch Hill, RI

This was a fun restaurant on the beach-- the kids ordered their meals along with a costume to dress-up. Addy chose the Beach Kid costume.

Sweet baby Luke who was a perfect angel on his first vacation!

He spent his days on the beach napping

Addy building her drip "princess" sand castle

Building a sand castle with friends

Libby and Addy dressed as sand mermaids

Addy helping Charlie build a castle

Zoo

Grandma has a zoo only about 15 minutes from her house and it's one of the best we've been too! It has every possible animal you can think of, although this time around we were a little disappointed that the elephant recently passed away. The petting zoo is great and the goats are very hungry. The goats acted like hungry puppies and we were attacked a few times! Our favorite part is probably the deer forest because the deer are so tame and come up to you for food.

This tiger was a little scary to me. He was literally right in front of us and paced back and forth the entire time. Good thing there is an electric fence!

Jeff getting attacked

This deer would not leave Addy alone-- she loved her! She kept following us and it almost looks like she's trying to kiss Addy.

Aquarium

The Mystic Aquarium is a must see in Connecticut! This is Addy's second time to this aquarium and she loved it. Some of her favorites were the beluga whales, the sea lions, the Nemo fish, and the sting rays.