Happy Birthday Finn!

[mudder17]

I know it's not quite midnight where you are, but I really do need to go to bed soon! :) Kaya and I just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday! We wish you lots of good things to eat and lot of paper to tear up and crinkle! Hug your mommy and thank her for being the best mommy in the world! We can't wait to see your little monkey butt, LOL! :P

Edited to fix typos.

Eileen

Mother of Beautiful Kaya
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[jbowman]

Happy birthday, Finn! Ellie and I hope that you and your family have a wonderful time!

Congratulations Juliet! Hope that the party is a *blast*!

[starrynight]

Happy Birthday Finn!! Have a great day sweetie :).

[new_mommy25]

Finn, Noah says Happy, Happy Birthday to you. We hope you have a wonderful day.

[Jeanne]

Happy Happy Birthday Finn!

[deborah_r]

OOOOOOHHHHHHH, darn it! (stomping feet) I was coming on to post this...Eileen, you beat me to it!!! :) :) :)

Happy, Happy 1st Birthday Finn! Juliet, I hope you and your DH have a great first birthday with your beautiful little guy! We can't wait to see pictures!

[jubilee]

Finn, I hope your day is wonderful and filled with tons of icing!! :)

[barbarhow]

Finn-I hope you have a wonderful birthday filled will lots of joy and happiness. Make sure you make a mess with that cake, okay?
Barbara-mom to Jack 3/27/03, a Red Sox fan
expecting #2, a Yankee fan, around 5/9/05!

[toomanystrollers]

Happy Birthday sweet little Finn!!! I hope you're still sleeping right now :)

[bluej]

Happy Birthday Finn! I hope you enjoy your special day!

[brigmaman]

Happy Birthday, Finn! This year has flown!

[s_gosney]

Yea!!!! Happy Birthday Finn! Juliet, congrats on a great first year. I hope you all have a wonderful day!

[houseof3boys]

Happy Birthday Finn!!!!

Happy Mommydad to you Juliet. You are an awesome mommy. :)

[jk3]

Have a great day!

Jenn
DS 6/03

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[Marisa6826]

Happy Happy BIRTHDAY!

I hope you have a wonderful time at your party and that your Mommy has found her wallet ;)

Kisses from Sophie and me!

-m

[mharling]

Have a wonderful day, Finn!! I can't believe it's been a year (and I'm sure your mommy can't either). :)

Mary
Lane - April 2003
Little sister on the way!!! March 2!

[mamaturk]

Happy Birthday!!!!

[Puddy73]

Happy Birthday to You, Finn! Enjoy your cake!

Jennifer
Mommy to Annabelle Mae 9/8/03

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

[cvharris]

Wow - Happy First Birthday Finn! Enjoy the day! Congratulations Juliet! :)

Carolee and Ben (6/14/03)

[NEVE and TRISTAN]

We hope you have the most wonderful of days!!!!!!!1
I can't beleive a year has gone by since your arrival here on the BBB!!!! time is flying!!!!
Big hugs to mommy too!!!!
Neve and Tristan born Feb 25, 2003
* EDD 3/19/05 IT'S A GIRL
* DOSSIER IN THE HANDS OF TRANSLATOR

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[lmintzer]

Happy birthday, Finn! Wow--you're 1! I remember when you were born. Seems like just yesterday! : ) Joshua says "I'm not far behind you. Just one more month for me."

[papal]

Happy Birthday dearest Finn!! Have a wonderful day, filled with cake, love and laughter. We are thinking of you today sweetheart... what a fantastic year it has been!
Juliet, you know i love you girlie.. big hugs from me.. congratulations to us for surviving the first year. Have a fantastic day! Can't wait to see pics. A big hug and kiss to Finn from Leela and me.

[Buffys Mommy]

Sarah and I hope your birthday was a great one Finn.

Tammie and
Sarah Michelle 10/13/03

[Buffys Mommy]

Sarah and I hope your birthday was a great one Finn.

Tammie and
Sarah Michelle 10/13/03

[LD92599]

Happy Birthday Finn!!!!


Laura
mom to William
3.5.2003

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[pritchettzoo]

Happy Birthday! Give your mommy a big hug and tell her thank you. :)

Enjoy your party!

Anna

[BrownieFairy]

Happy Birthday Finn! Hope you liked the blanket. Did mommy share some of the chocolates with you?

Love,
Brownie Fairy

[lrucci]

Happy Birthday Finn! We hope you had a very special day.

Congratulations Juliet on your first year of motherhood. Please share pics when you get a chance.

Lisa
Mom to Kyleigh 7/19/03

[jd11365]

Happy Birthday Finn! Kayla sends lots of hugs for your big day!

Jamie
Mommy to Kayla
May '03

[jec2]

Thank you all so much for remembering us and Finn's special day. You've helped make it a very memorable one.

First, here are a couple of pics...

Finn got a wagon and Poppy is taking him for a spin this a.m. (excuse DH's and DS's pj's...it was an early a.m.!)

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And, here is Finn's cake!

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These so far are the only digis I have. I'll have other pics but will have to develop them.

Oh, what a day! I woke up this morning exhausted and right now am running on sugar.

We had such a fun day. I little hectic, but what day isn't? Finn was a trooper and really enjoyed the dirt and the ice in the drink bucket...oh and the mud that the two made when mixed :)

We had the party at a wonderful park and DH did all the table set-ups, while I was at home getting finn a morning nap. DH did a great job, even some passerbys asked if he was a professional. (I didn't get a digi of the tables but hopefully will have some on the regular film camnera). We had what I call a "Gourmet Tailgate" party and had a small local Italian restaruant cater with Panini sandwiches, tomato barley soup, tuna and white bean salad, an arugula salad, marinated peppers, asaparagus, and mozorella/tomato sticks. The caterer was a dream. A friend and I split the cost of a dozen linen table clothes from ebay (she'll use them next week for her DD's bday). This was one of the best choices as it really zazzed up the picnic area. I had a mini haybale and a scarecrow along with several gourds for each table. DH did little galvanized pails filled with halloween candy. And, then we had orange favor bags each with an orange helium balloon tied to them. Everything really did look great. We topped it all off with a pumpkin shaped cake (white and spice marble with buttercream filling) and coffee!

The weather was overcast with a marine layer and then finally upon the party's end, it burned off to be a beautiful fall day. It is now raining.

I was a little disappointed with a few things...First, none of my family came. We weren't expecting them, but had hoped. (ok, it is far to travel for a birthday--seattle to Sta. Barbara). Second, we didn't think to bring any music (light jazz or something) which would have been really nice, and, finally, the last minute cancellations and no-shows. I was kind of irked because I could have invited some of the other mommies from my mommy group. I have been feeling terrible about not inviting all of them, but since we had it catered we had a budget for X number. With these cancellations and no-shows these others really could have been invited. Also, one of our friends (married but childless) and very childish himself, freakin' shows up up at about 2 p.m. (the party started at 11 and ended at about 1:30), is hungover and brought an uninvited friend of his (a real *ss that I met at his wedding). This is not the first time he's done this. Really he does it all the time. Totally inconsiderate and I am no longer inviting him. His wife called to late yesterday to tell me she couldn't come because of some silly long-winded drama.

Anyway, this is long and rambling and probably thoroughly boring to you all on this Saturday night. I think I'm blaming the sugar :)

[jec2]

M, I still haven't found it! Grr, ugh and hrmph!

[squimp]

Not boring at all. Sounds like Finn had a great day! I love the picture of him eating cake, and what a lucky boy - did he get that all to himself? You're party planning is so impressive - catering and centerpieces!!!

Sophia's bday was thursday, but we're not celebrating until next weekend, since DH is on an overseas conference. So I'm living vicariously through parties like yours. And I can so relate about missing family - ours is on the east coast and we're in Oregon. T'sux.

Happy Birthday little Finn!

[deborah_r]

I love that wagon picture! Look at the way Finn is looking at his daddy!

Glad it mostly went OK! your spread and decorations sounds amazing!

<<It was cloudy here too all day (loved it!) and then about 4:00 or so we got a bit of sun - I was stoked that it was cooler, cause Kai got to wear his Gymbo cowboy sweater>>

[jec2]

Ah! cool weather! I love it too. And, yay, the gymbo cowboy sweater! Finn "almost" wore his today too. Our friend's baby was born today too and they had a cowboy themed party. Finn was fast asleep in the car and I did not want to wake him just to don a cowboy sweater while we dropped off the gift.

[jec2]

Happy Birthday to Sophia! Are you doing a party when your DH returns? The centerpieces were so easy...Michaels for the haybales and scarecrows and Costco for the gourds!

[deborah_r]

Alright, I've got to go to bed, because I thought you meant your friend's baby was born TODAY and I was picturing them having a cowboy theme party in the hospital room or something... :)

Good call on not waking him to put the sweater on, but I do understand the inclination to actually consider it for a moment, even though you know it's a bad idea!

[tippy]

Happy Birthday Finn. Hope your day was special!

[Tori_s mom]

Happy belated bday Finn! It sounds like you had a wonderful time (for the most part ;)) The red wagon pic is adorable.

Tasha

[sugarsnappea]

Wow! Sounds like a fun party! Chiming in late to send belated birthday wishes- Happy Birthday Finn! :)

[jamsmu]

Happy birthday Finn!!

[amazz]

Finn--It sounds like you had a wonderful birthday! Your mama is so creative!! I hope this next year treats you as well as the last!
Happy Belated Birthday!

Angela
Mama to Kami Allyse (10/10/04)
A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on. ~Carl Sandburg

[RwnMayfair]

Happy Birthday, Finn! Hope the day was wonderful for you. It certainly sounds like it was a very nice party, and the pictures are great. :) And hey, I'm sure your Mommy is thrilled that you've learned how to make mud. ;)

Again, Happy Birthday!

::BIG hugs::

-Melissa

Taran, November 20, 2003

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[mudder17]

Juliet, your party sounds like it was so much fun! I love the picture of Finn in the wagon with his daddy. That's so cute! The spread sounds amazing--what a great idea to have the party in the park. I also love this cooler Fall weather with all the leaves changing and the sun reflecting on the colors. Yesterday we actually saw a double rainbow because it was raining and sunny at the same time!


Eileen

Mother of Beautiful Kaya
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[mommd]

Happy Birthday!

[Sarah1]

Ooooooooooh, I love paninis!!!!

Sounds like a terrific party. I think we all have lame single friends like that, unfortunately.

Congrats on Finn reaching his 1st birthday!!!! WOO HOO :)

[calebsmama03]

Sorry I missed it originally, but sounds like you had a wonderful day! Happy birthday dearest Finn :)
Lynne
Mommy to Caleb 3/3/03
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Oh my!! #2 5/05

[Tondi G]

Happy Birthday Finn!

~Tondi and Mason

[Eloise36]

Happy Birthday, Finn!!!!!

[hez]

Happy Belated Birthday!

[smomom]

I'm late.... but happy birthday to Finn!!!!

[zuzu]

Looks like Finn had a fun time!

Happy Belated Birthday!

Melissa, mom to Sarah (5/03)

[amp]

Finn, Happy, happy birthday! Hope it's fantastic and that you have lots of fun little man! Congrats Juliet on this milestone!

[babymama]

Finn -
Sorry we're a little late. We wanted to make sure that we send you the happiest of birthday wishes.

Your birthday party sounds like a real treat! Your wagon looks so fun! Thanks for sharing your mommy with us.

Lydia
Mama to Santiago, born 11/16/03

[papal]

Great pics! I love that first one with poppy and Finn.. so sweet! Glad your day went well girlie.. i feel like we have won some award or something.. you know, like we entered the Hall of Fame for First Year Survivors! :)

[starrynight]

Great pics! I can't wait to see more, everything sounds so nice :).

I'm sorry your family didn't show and you could have invited more people, I would have been upset also :(.

And that friend sounds like he needs to grow up!