Sweet baby Eli!
Eli is the son of my friends Annie and Jeremy. I did some maternity photos of Annie before Eli first graced this world with his presence, but I had only gotten to see the baby in passing before the day of his birthday party. Boy, had I been missing out! I immediately cottoned to this little one. I always enjoy a baby who’ll let me tote ’em around 🙂
The house was decked OUT in all things Disney and Mickey Mouse! Including Eli himself!
Eli and his buddy Ethan
Couldn’t resist a couple of extra pictures of Ethan, too!
There were plenty of friends and family on hand for Eli to visit with during his party
Time for the smash cake!
Eli really wasn’t too on board with this whole “smush cake around with your hands and shove it in your mouth” scenario…
They brought in Ethan to see if he could help pique Eli’s interest in the cake.
Spoiler: It didn’t really work 🙂 So it was time for presents!
It’s little wonder than Eli was so tuckered out that he ended the party asleep in his grandmother’s arms…
This little rascal smiled for this one because he was about to knock the chalk board over!
A child on a mission: put him down and he immediately tried to make his escape! 
Nathan and his big sisters, Paisley and Lexie
The kids had such a good time!
Party favors – it was picnic themed
Presents!
Congratulations on a super successful first four years at Muddy’s. And many happy returns!
LOTS of friends of the shop and customers came in to celebrate with the Muddy’s gang
There was even a performance of an original song about Muddy’s!
No birthday party is complete without the “Happy Birthday” song. Kat was serenaded by a rendition of the song, played on kazoo and ukulele 
Just a few of the staff members it takes to keep Muddy’s up and running AND awesome!
