The Brooker Family: Marlee's 1st Birthday November 11, 2010

11/11/2011

Marlee's 1st Birthday November 11, 2010

I can't believe our baby girl is 1 year old today! Marlee turns 1 on 11-11-11! How neat is that of a birthday date! It seems like just yesterday that she was born! I know that sounds philosophical but really it does. You never know how quickly times flies until you have a child of your own. Anyways, Bear was gone hunting in Kentucky, so we bought some good ole Publix cupcakes and went to GiGi and Papa's for lunch to celebrate this BIG day, since we had her fabulous birthday party last Sunday with her special cousin Mary Kate to celebrate with everyone. Easton was at GiGi and Papa's so, he helped us sing "Happy Birthday" to Marlee and enjoyed a yummy cupcake with her. He also helped her open her presents. We then went home for a quick bath and loaded up with GiGi and headed to Orlando to the Millenia Mall. Santa Claus was arriving on the rooftop of the mall at 6:45 p.m. and we wanted Marlee to see this special event for her birthday. It started at 6 p.m., with festivities benefiting the Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital. There were Christmas characters walking and bouncing around, food samples being passed out by mall food vendors, music, lights, and LOTS of people. Marlee enjoyed people watching and hearing the music. The characters were fun to look at...you will see why in the picture. :) At 6:45 p.m., a loud boom went off and Santa came jumping out on the rooftop with lots of smoke. Marlee could not take her eyes off of him. Then fireworks started going off, which she loved and to top it all off...SNOW started falling! It was so neat and I can honestly say Marlee was having fun with all of this excitement! :) YAY! We then headed to Bin Fin Seafood for a yummy dinner...Marlee loved their bread and butter. They were so nice and brought out a PINK (Marlee's signature color) Ooey Gooey Cake with pink icing drizzled on the cake and a strawberry...and a pink candle to celebrate her special day! She loved the strawberry and GiGi and I loved the ooey gooey cake! Marlee had a great first birthday all in all...but we sure did miss Daddy being with us :( but that's ok...we are hoping he brings us home a big 11 point to hang on our wall for Marlee to point to when you say "Where's the Buck?"