~Mikayla's Cupcake Birthday Party~

On Saturday we had Mikayla's birthday party. It was almost the birthday that WASN'T. At 2:00 am, right after I finished loading up the van full of the stuff to take over to the place for her party, I hear Mikayla wake up SCREAMING. This is NOT normal for her at all. I go in, pick her up to calm her down and she is ON FIRE. Truly, she has never been that hot. I take her temp and the first one tells me 108.3! OMG I about DIED. I took it again it read 106 and held there the nest few times I took it. I went and woke Kris up, FREAKED out, grabbed the diaper bag, her cup, her lovey, a blanket and headed to the ER. I pulled in at 2:45 am. We got registered, Mikayla was totally lethargic, they gave her a does of Motrin AND Tylenol to get it down, and I was told I had to wait. They were full! I waited over an hour and Mikayla was getting upset. At 4:00 am I asked them WHEN we would be seen and they said not for another two hours, that there were countless people still ahead of us. I held out for another 10 minutes, in which time her fever broke, and I went up and told them I wouldn't wait...I was leaving. It was RIDICULOUS. And please note, we have a WONDERFUL hospital, it was just a very, very busy night at the ER and there were several ambulances that came in while I was there.

When I brought her home she started crying in pain so much that she threw up and refused to drink anything. I was so upset. I got home at 4:30 and she cried until 5:45 am when she finally settled down in our bed and went to sleep until 6:45 am. At this time she woke up...as in...for the day...and was inconsolable until 8:00 am. So at this point I call my mom HYSTERICAL asking her what to do for the party. I have been planning this party for months...I am so into my parties...I love to plan and do special things for them. She said we were DOING it, that Mikayla's ears were obviously infected since she was not sick and that it was just going to be what it was going to be.

Sooooo.....I get in the shower, and run to pick up the party platter and balloons and head over to decorate. Notice that I never went to bed...nope...no sleep for Mindy! At this point I had been up for over 24 hours. I came home to help Kris get Mikayla ready and she was in MELTDOWN MODE. We gave her a bath, which we HAD to do, and I said FORGET trying to dry her hair to wear it down....girl it is a PONY TAIL day for you.

FIVE and I mean FIVE minutes before we left the house she quit crying. It was like magic. Seriously. We headed to her party where she acted like NOTHING happened, that she had NOT been up all night. She smiled at everyone, laughed, twirled in her dress, and had the best day. Can you believe that? OMG.

So her party was a hit! It is a MIRACLE people. She was able to celebrate with all her close friends and family. It was just a beautiful party and Mikayla was truly being the "belle of the ball." Her theme was cupcakes. I loved how it all turned out. Well...I need to go. She is crying:-( It's midnight here. Poor thing. OH...I guess I do need to say that before the TERRIBLE storms hit here AFTER her party Kris took her down to Statcare and it IS her ears. Both of them are still infected and she is now on her THIRD round of antibiotics to get rid of this. They put her on Zithromax. She crashed after the party hard...it was like for those 2.5 brief hours she got a break and then it was back to being sick. Thank you God for allowing my princess to enjoy her party! I am off to comfort my sick baby.....

The tables and sadly this picture doesn't do it justice. It was so pretty IRL
Treat Bags

My suckers:-)

Tableware

Kris and Joe making the punch in the kitchen

She was very shy when Kris brought her in...

But she warmed right up!

Loved playing with the balloons with her mommy and great aunt Zell
Papa and Kayla
My mom and dad with the party girl
Mom, my aunt, and me:-) (I SO look like I have a hangover I swear. Can you tell I hadn't been to bed yet? ROFL!)
Kayla LOVED her trike from Aunt Gina and Uncle Joe...oh...and Christian!

And she is still riding it...in my LIVING ROOM now
Doing a party girl dance
Gina and Christian
Alec and his buddy Tony

Big Brother was a big help in getting everything ready for the party!

My best friend from H.S., Amber, drove all the way from Columbus for Kayla's party! I was so happy to see her and her beautiful sweet baby boy, Beckett (who celebrated HIS birthday today!) I got to meet her hubby too!

Amber and Beckett ( I drove down to HIS party today)
The cake

See the book on the side? It's The Secret Birthday Message by Eric Carle (one of my favorite children's authors). Everyone signed a birthday wish on the inside cover for Mikayla.

Two candles lit!

Getting ready to blow them out after we sang...

Yup, she blew them out on her own!

Christian LOVED watching the cake part:-)
Mikayla was really wanting a piece of cake!
Another Amber and I picture

Me holding Mikayla and Devon
DORA! She was super excited about this gift
Opening more gifts
Checking out her new baby doll
Isabelle taking Mikayla's hot new wheels for a spin

Alan and Ana

Isabella hanging out
PINATA TIME!
As soon as the candy fell out Mikayla made a MAD dash for it and put herself right in the middle
Gina. Will we ever get a good picture of all four of us? And OMG what shoes were you wearing? You are NOT allowed to wear those around me again. I look a full foot shorter then you here!
Decorating the cupcakes

Me, Tara, and Isabelle.
Miss. Devon hamming it up in her new shades
Jenn, Alan, Ana, and Tony The Changets:-)
Another cute Devon shot
Nikki, Isabelle, Morgan, Tara, and Devon.

Thanks everyone that came and helped make it such a beautiful special day!!!! Thanks dad for taking the pictures (and Gina too for the extra's you sent to me!) Thank you mom for all of your help decorating and to Diane who helped keep me sane back at my house by helping!! I really appreciated that. And thank you Gina...you are always a huge help with everything I do...