Hundreds Attend Dannielynn's 1st B-Day
It was a party fit for a princess, complete with a castle and white carriage.
Hundreds of guests bearing gifts attended the first birthday party Saturday for Anna Nicole Smith's daughter, Dannielynn.
Pink balloons decorated the iron gates in front of socialite Tricia Barnstable Brown's home, where Smith and Dannielynn's father, Louisville native Larry Birkhead, met at a party on the eve of the 2003 Kentucky Derby.
Some guests arrived in limousines and stretch Humvees, bearing large stuffed animals and other gifts. One guest was seen carrying a large pencil drawing of Dannielynn, whose actual birthday was Friday.
A hot-air balloon shaped as a birthday cake adorned the front yard. Yellow police tape stretched around the yard in the posh Louisville neighborhood, and about a half-dozen off-duty police officers guarded the property.
One guest, Tina Showalter of Louisville, said she had known Birkhead most of his life. Showalter said she left the party about 15 minutes after arriving mainly because it was so crowded.
"Everything is a little frenzied in there," she said.
Showalter said that in the back yard there was "a huge castle as big as a house," along with bubble machines and a white carriage.
About a dozen onlookers hoped to get a glimpse of a celebrity, but they left disappointed.
Leslie Rizzo, 27, staked out the party with her mom, Diane, hoping see Dannielynn.
"She has to come out sometime," Leslie Rizzo said, clutching a digital camera.
Howard K. Stern, her lawyer and companion, initially claimed to be Dannielynn's father, but Smith's ex-boyfriend Birkhead eventually proved that he was the father.
By Dylan Lovan
© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Hundreds of guests bearing gifts attended the first birthday party Saturday for Anna Nicole Smith's daughter, Dannielynn.
Pink balloons decorated the iron gates in front of socialite Tricia Barnstable Brown's home, where Smith and Dannielynn's father, Louisville native Larry Birkhead, met at a party on the eve of the 2003 Kentucky Derby.
"It really was great to see her smile, especially through all the things that we've been through, just to get to that milestone of one year was just great," Birkhead said.
Photos: Dannielynn's Daddy
Invited guests had to surrender their cell phones before entering and sign a release form promising not to take any pictures. Dozens of children attended the party with their parents.
Some guests arrived in limousines and stretch Humvees, bearing large stuffed animals and other gifts. One guest was seen carrying a large pencil drawing of Dannielynn, whose actual birthday was Friday.
"My daughter had a really, really good time," Birkhead said. "Barney the dinosaur came and gave a special performance. The kids loved it."
Photos: Anna Nicole Smith
A hot-air balloon shaped as a birthday cake adorned the front yard. Yellow police tape stretched around the yard in the posh Louisville neighborhood, and about a half-dozen off-duty police officers guarded the property.
One guest, Tina Showalter of Louisville, said she had known Birkhead most of his life. Showalter said she left the party about 15 minutes after arriving mainly because it was so crowded.
"Everything is a little frenzied in there," she said.
Showalter said that in the back yard there was "a huge castle as big as a house," along with bubble machines and a white carriage.
About a dozen onlookers hoped to get a glimpse of a celebrity, but they left disappointed.
Leslie Rizzo, 27, staked out the party with her mom, Diane, hoping see Dannielynn.
"She has to come out sometime," Leslie Rizzo said, clutching a digital camera.
Smith, a former Playboy Playmate, gave birth to Dannielynn a few days before the death of her son, Daniel, 20, in the Bahamas. Smith died of an accidental drug overdose in Florida in February at the age of 39.
Photos: Tragic Blondes
Howard K. Stern, her lawyer and companion, initially claimed to be Dannielynn's father, but Smith's ex-boyfriend Birkhead eventually proved that he was the father.
By Dylan Lovan
Dannielynn will be weighing 200 lbs in no time.
RIP, Anna Nicole.
I tend to believe that people who think this kind of stuff is true also believe that if you play a country western song backwards you get the car the house and kids and wife back lol
He has the money to have that kind of party so why shouldn''t he? The kid will have a great scrap book. What is not legitement about that party? Were they serving drugs or booze to the 1 yr olds?
people who have do what they want people who don''t have sit back and make it look like they were comitting some kind of indecent act lol
This sounds more like a media junket to offset publicity being directed elsewhere than a legitimate Birthday party. Anyone notice on Larry King that Larry only denied having *** with Howard? He never denied ever having *** with men, in general.