IIIIIIIIT'S PARTY TIME!!

So just as I'd imagined, today was a blur. It started off with us loading up the gear for the next couple of days and me driving us up to Mt. Vernon. Rob made the off-hand comment that it was the first road trip we've taken together on which I did not need the GPS.  Ihad to laugh at that, but he's not wrong. First time for everything I guess? Hah.

We made it to good old MTV without much fuss at all. I have to stop & stress for a second just how significant today was, for many reasons. Most of my family came in for the weekend, from all over, as far out as Pennsylvania. Aunt Toni & Uncle Norman, Aunt Cindy & Uncle Gary, my cousins Steph, Mark & Tyler, my cousin Maricor & her girls Sophie & Madison, my nephew Jonathan, his sister Cynthia, her husband Brian and their girls Emmie & Hanny, and of course my parents and sister.  That's 14 adults and 4 children.. my family.. that Rob has never met...

...until today.
I felt so bad for him; he had every right to feel nervous walking into it all, even though he had no reason to. I know I would've been just as anxious if it were my first time meeting his family... in its entirety. However, just as I'd expected, my parents love him. As far as I can tell,  he's won the rest of them over, too. I know it took a lot for him to do this for me, but I wouldn't have brought him into it if I wasn't certain they'd like him. Big steps for us today, and I couldn't have been happier.

Back on track, it didn't take long at all to get started in on the birthday party preparations.  I made cake fondant for the first time ever today, and realized that.. well... I am not a baker. Haha. It wasn't awful but I definitely have some tweaks I'm mind for the next time I try this.

Fast forward to the bulk of today.. the party!!

Pictures, as usual [stay tuned for the rest of the collection!] (:

balloons

top: rob & brian [&their helper, miss sophie]
bottom: my uncle gary & my cousin mark

cousins! [madison. sydni. sophie]

cake & favors

nana & pappy ♥

candids!

my birthday girl!



the beautiful girls (:
madison. emmie. sydni

my one & only. i am heart over heeeeels for this guy.

pin the tail on rainbow dash [made by me!]

with my pretty niece cynthia 

"mr. rob, you be the birthday hat monster
& i'll be this pink pony" - sydni

in love over and over again with her...
happy birthday, my little [growing-way-too-fast] girl!!!

Today = Ahhhmazing.

Tomorrow is Syd's actual birthday. It's hard to wrap my head around it all but I'm working on it. (: What an incredible little girl I've got, and the perfect little weekend we've got going! ♡

Seeee ya tomorrow!

xo | cmd