Mary Charlotte Eason, daughter of Chris Budd of Suwanee and Paige Eason of Washington, was one year old on July 7 and celebrated her birthday on three occasions.

On July 5 Mary Charlotte was honored with a party given by her mother at the home of her great-grandmother, Mary Lee Edenfield in Baxley. Guests enjoyed birthday cake, ice cream and a variety of party foods. Guests with her mother, great-grandmother and grandparents, Graham and Teresa Eason, were Jessica Northenor of Macon, Payne and Sandra Eason, Brian, Daffney and Adeline Turner and Susan O'Quin of Baxley, Terry, Dana, Dillon and Alonna Edenfield and Lynette and Dallas Lightsey of Surrency, and Chris, Melissa and Hannah Nail of Hazlehurst.

On her birthday Alicia DeWeese and Rebecca DeWeese brought Mary Charlotte breakfast of pancakes topped with a birthday candle.

Mary Charlotte's mother hosted a pink and green polka dot party at the home of Michael and Vonice Wells on Glen Street in Washington on Saturday, July 11. Mary Charlotte and her guests enjoyed a birthday dinner of hot dogs with all the trimmings and a pink and green polka dot birthday cake. Out-of-town guests included her father, Chris Budd, and paternal grandmother, Dagmar Budd, of Suwanee; Leigh and Noah Oxendine of Greenwood, S.C.; Brett and Jessica Northenor and Ashley Wilkes of Macon; Rebecca DeWeese of Athens; Mallory Lysen of Dublin; Daniel Newsome of Atlanta; Trudie Gallo of Grovetown and Daniel and Jay Gordon of Hartwell. In lieu of gifts guests were asked to donate to the Calli Nickels Fund.