There are so many things we loved about Adelaide’s 1st birthday! For starters- we loved the fact that it gave us the opportunity to hit the road for a nice little joy ride on a bright sunny day. There were so many cool antiques stores and diners along the drive and it put us right in the heart of a quaint little town just outside of Matthews, Virginia.Once we arrived, we were greeted by Nia and Craig’s family, who were just as sweet as can be and made sure that we felt like family from the moment we arrived- we can’t thank them enough for that! We also loved the fact that it just so happened to be the middle of June and they chose to have an ICE CREAM theme! Who doesn’t love ice cream?
At first we were not quite sure just how Nia and Craig were going to pull of such a big event. Nia had originally told us over our Skype session a few weeks prior, that they were in the midst of moving back to Virginia and trying to prepare for her husband, Craig’s, deployment to Kuwait. But boy were we in for a surprise! Everything was absolutely perfect. Nia had found some of the most beautiful patterned quilted sheets and actually hand sewed them in order to make a massive tent for people to sit under and enjoy their food and ice cream…talk about a lot of work! She also had all sorts of pretty colored ribbon banners, pictures of Adelaide on display, Popsicle fabric pillows for guests to sit on, and she even made the most adorable fabric ice cream cones and hung them from the trees as a nice little touch. Plus, they had all kinds of delicious food and- of course an ice cream bar! With nearly 10 kinds of Hershey’s ice cream and every kind of fruit/ candy topping imaginable, I think it’s safe to say that guests were able to leave fat and happy :)
As for little miss Adelaide, she was one adorable little baby that put on quite the show….always so happy and bubbly, smiling and waving at everyone. She also showed an incredible amount of excitement when it came to opening gifts and she absolutely loved playing in all of the wrapping paper! There is no doubt that she is loved by many and we are so happy to have been able to meet such an amazing family! We hope that you enjoy their film :)