Good Mum Hunting: Abigail's 2nd Birthday Party

On Saturday 24th July 2010, my baby turned 2 years old. She is no longer a baby, but a fully fledged toddler.

The theme was 'Yo Gabba Gabba' which is one of Abigail's favourite shows. We had tickets to see the live show in June but it was cancelled due to licensing rights and filming apparently.

Almost all the invitee kids cancelled due to illness or, well, illness. I'm sure this will be a reoccuring trend because Abi has a winter birthday. But we still had the best fun, if not, even more fun than we would have, had everyone been able to make it.

I ordered a party pack online and had it shipped from the USA. The party pack included official themed party plates, napkins, balloons, and decorations. They had so many things you could buy, like an adult DJ Lance Rock costume which I almost convinced my husband to wear.

The party ran for 2 hours at my in-laws house in Dural. They have lots of room to host a party with plenty of parking too.

There was a colouring in table for the kids with Yo Gabba Gabba characters to colour in, a bubble machine outside which kept them entertained on the deck, Abi's bike to ride around the verandah and 85 decorative balloons on the ceiling which my nephew Mikey really liked.

My mother-in-law and gran-in-law made a pink 'Foofa' cake for Abi which was gorgeous. Abi loved it. They also made mini cupcakes which were a real hit. Abi ate about 6 of them on the day and was definately on a sugar high.

They also made her outfit which was a pink tutu, a white 'Foofa' t-shirt and tights. Abi loved her tutu and wanted to wear it to bed. She looked devine and you could tell she loved her party clothes. My nephew also wore his 'Brobee' t-shirt so he looked the part too.

Abi was really spoiled with lots of wonderful and generous gifts including a gorgeous wooden doll house, a camera, a tea set, a pink scooter, clothes, pj's, swimwear, some duplo lego, a bean bag for her room and so many more gifts.

We bought her a wooden easel, the new Baby Alive and Alphie robot toy which Abi loves. It's not as junky as it appears on ads on the TV.

When we sang 'Happy Birthday' to Abigail, she chuckled nervously and laughed. It was gorgeous.

Here are some of my favourite photos of her special day.