oh my oh my oh dinosaurs

My baby is one. Have I mentioned that? You know when they say the first year is the hardest? Yeah suckas, I'm done with it. I'm torn right in the middle of being relieved and being just plain sad. I want my baby back. WAH. The party was a blast and we were so lucky have so many important people in our lives there to wish my Bubba a Happy Birthday. I'm going to post just the party decorations  in this post follwed by the birthday boy and his cake followed by pictures of the partygoers. Blog material for NaBloPoMo, yo.

First things first, the cake. My mom and dad worked like slaves with me to make this a reality. My favorite times with my mom in the last few years have been getting ready for the kids' birthday parties. She likes planning and doing it as much as I do and we have so much fun. She comes a day early and we putz around and drink wine. LOVE YOU, mom and dad!

The cupcakes. Renee was like a rabid dog trying to get at the cupcakes before the party. I thought she might just lose her mind with anticipation. And you know what she liked? THE FONDANT. WEIRDO.

I also made these ice cream cone cupcakes because I saw them on some site somewhere and thought they were cute. I thought the kids would go crazy and most of the kids wanted regular cupcakes. The adults liked them though :)

I've been bad at creating traditions for my kids that I follow through on every year. But I have vowed to make a banner for each of their birthdays with a picture for every month of the year. I love reflecting on their past year and it is fun for everyone to see how much they've changed.

Little water bottles with dinosaur stickers.

The silverware.

Party favors. Stickers, bubbles, candy and a toy dinosaur.

We had lasagna, bread and salad that I made ahead and froze and it was so much easier than trying to grill the day of.

Such a cute party for such a cute little one year old!

Comments

[nicole]

Happy Birthday Cameron! I can't believe he's a year old already!! The party is darling... LOVE the decor and theme!!

[LeeAnn Howard]

You did an AWESOME job on his party!! I love the ice cream cone cakes, can u send me the link on that? And the banner of this monthly pics.. What a GREAT idea! Ill be bookmarking this post for reference of when I do Brady's 1 year party! Great Job!!