The Dol

We have had really hot, sunny weather here lately, and I had hoped that we would have a cooler day for Ben's big party. And we did. Unfortunately the reason for the cooler temps was that it rained and poured all Saturday morning, which ruined my plans of setting up everything on the deck and I had to cram things into my house.

I ended up stressing way too much, and having waaaaaay too much food, but we had a great time and are so thankful that so many friends showed up. Ben did really well and even let a few people hold him! I tried not to post pictures of people, some may not care for having their face on a public blog.

So, here are some pics:

Casper, the centerpiece:

Prepping for the party:

The glasses for the raffle:

Picture display - due to the weather we had to utlize our bookshelf:

The doljabe board:

If I never cut out a circle again my entire life, I will be very happy:

My good friend Bettina made that diaper cake! Still can't believe that she set foot in Michael's to buy that ribbon:

The dol table (at some point we added balloons, but I don't have a picture of that):

The doljabe - what will he choose?

He picked - MOMMY!

And finally after another 10 minutes of crying, the thread:

Hmm, cake!

Hmmm, maybe this is the item he really wanted to pick? Hasn't put it down since!

Family Picture