Skip to main content

Birthday Girl!

Image
By
On December 6th, 2011, our sweet Violet Brielle turned one year old! This little girl has been through so much in the last few months, so we were extremely excited to have a day of celebration and fun with our family here in Washington (and 2 very special family members even flew in from CA to be here!).

We had Violet's first birthday party on Sunday, December 4th at our apartment building in the 6th floor lounge. It was a great day and Violet had so much fun!

Here are a few photos of the special day ...


Pretty fresh flowers surrounded by sprinkles of paper violets 


Handmade decorations for our owl theme (Look Whoooo's Turning One!)



Birthday cupcakes


Violet's first birthday cake


Happy Daddy & Violet


The party room



Happy Grandma & Violet


Playing with her butterfly shoes ... Violet loves butterflies!


Mommy & Nana


Opening presents!


Sweet birthday girl


Ready for some yummies!


Having fun!


Playing her new piano (just like Mommy!)


Happy Mommy & Violet (inspecting the sparkles on my sweater)


Birthday giggles with Daddy :)


Enjoying her first cupcake!


Sweet owl sugar cookie favors to take home and enjoy



We are so thankful to our family that helped us put this party together for Violet. We could not have done it without them. It was a very sweet day!

I blew out the candle on Violet's cake and I am sure you can all guess what I wished for. <3

Labels:

Comments

  1. AnonymousDecember 31, 2011 at 9:56 AM

    What a wonderful party! All the decorations were wonderful. And for the first time I really noticed that Violet looks like her daddy!
    Kathy from CCB

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Please Join Us In Prayer - CT Scan Tomorrow

By
I just received the call from the hospital with Violet's appointment time. We will be checking in at 9:30 AM at Seattle Children's Hospital. They let me know the procedure will take approximately 1.5 hours and then recovery from anesthesia will be a few hours. These will be the tests that tell us everything about the stage of cancer. We would love for the tumor to just be gone! If that is not the case, we want to hear that it has not spread anywhere else at all. We want to hear that Violet's life will be saved, her eye will be saved and her sight will be restored. There is a beautiful prayer that went out for Violet by email. We do not even know the wonderful man who wrote it but I thank God for him. The prayer was forwarded to me and I want to share it below: As you have said a personal prayer for the benefit of Violet, lets also come to collective agreement in Prayer for her comfort, healing and above all God's Glory ... Father God, Maker of all things good, c...
5 comments
Read more

Violet's MRI

By
The day after Violet's exam under anesthesia she was scheduled to begin her next round of chemotherapy. My mom and I went to her scheduled appointment which has always gone like this: labs, appointment with her oncologist and then the chemotherapy infusion. On this day, we were told during her appointment that her ANC had not come up from the previous week so unfortunately, Violet's chemotherapy had to be postponed. Her ANC was in the 400 range and it needs to be over 700 to begin chemotherapy. I was disappointed that there would be a delay in her treatment, but grateful that Violet could get a couple days of downtime before her next appointment. And, this meant that we could go home now and she would get more playtime with grandma! We had a visit over the weekend with my step-mom and my sister from California and it was much needed family time! It was wonderful to watch Violet enjoying more playtime, love and hugs. We were definitely showered with many blessings from them ...
6 comments
Read more

Results From Today

By
Today Violet had her exam under anesthesia to see how well the chemotherapy is working on shrinking the tumor in her left eye. Instead of telling a story of how the day went from start to finish as I usually do I am going to just share the results with you because I am still quite numb and overwhelmed from it all. I will try to explain it as well as I can as I am still trying to take it all in. The tumor in Violet's left eye shrunk significantly from the chemotherapy. Her doctor said it was a difference of night and day. At Violet's original CT scan and exam 2 months ago the tumor was large and blocking the back of her eye which concealed her optic nerve from view. Now that the tumor is small they found that the tumor is directly on the optic nerve (the nerve that travels from your eye to your brain carrying the signals that allow us to see). This discovery brings with it new concerns. Violet's doctor wants to have an MRI done to make sure that the cancer has not gotten...
6 comments
Read more