Argh Matey - Trey Turns One!

It is so hard to believe that Trey is now a one year old little boy. In order to celebrate we of course had to have a Pirate Party for Captain Treybow. So the day before his birthday we invited Trey's family and friends to Ellis Island. I might have gone a little overboard with the party (I know you would never think right :o)) but Trey had a great time so it was all worth it.

Welcome to Ellis Island!!

Pirate Flags lining the walkway

Enter at your own risk... Luckily we live in Tampa where Gasparilla is a huge pirate party every year so Trey's party got the benefit of some of my Gasparilla decorations.

The goody bags

Jimmy made an excellent rum punch and several of the adult pirates needed a nap to sleep it off so it was fun for adults and kids alike.

I took Trey for a pirate photo shoot a few weeks before the party and used the photos for decoration.

The birthday boy with Mama and Dada

Jimmy and Mini Me

Trey with his best bud Brad

Eric and Allison (with Baby Stockton on the way) and Cara and Wade all came into town to celebrate

Angelina and her Mom, Marilyn (with Baby U on the way)

Avery, Shannon and Scott - Trey misses his friend Avery at school since she moved to a new daycare

Belle and Shelby became instant best friends

Finley looking gorgeous in her party dress

Trey with Aunt Wendy, Grandma, Grandpa and Chris

The Tampa Girls - Marilyn, Kelly, Allison and Elise - this Mom is very lucky to have such a great support system

Trey's pirate cake - not sure if you can tell from the pictures but the cake basically fell apart which caused Mom to melt down in tears shortly before the party but Jimmy calmed me down and convinced me we could just call it the shipwreck cake and it would be fine.

Trey with his smash cake - he was not sure what to think and tried to offer it to Jimmy - it was really cute.

Not sure if I like this - I don't like getting my hands dirty while eating.

Ok so I changed my mind, this is good stuff.

Jimmy just plopped Trey in the kiddie pool to clean him off as what else do you do with a kid covered in blue icing?

Trey and Hannah playing in the pool

Fun in the pirate sandbox

It was a great day and one that Jimmy and I will treasure forever. Trey is so lucky to have such great friends in his life.

Go Rays!!

Chris, Courtney and Finley invited us to go to a Rays game with them a few weeks ago and it was so fun to watch the kids at their first Rays game. Trey had a great time eating game food but it was not so fun when it came up later that night and we were up half the night with a kid throwing up - that will teach us :o)