I can’t believe my baby boy is no longer an infant. He’s a full-fledged toddler now. To celebrate this huge milestone, we threw him a fun 1st birthday party with all of our friends and family (or as many as we could fit into our house)!
I love throwing parties, but I sometimes put way too much effort into little details and end up missing the actual fun of the night. So for this party, I tried to stop myself from going too crazy and let this be more laid-back, but with a few fun details.
I think choosing a theme makes party planning so much easier. I chose Milk & Cookies as our theme and based all of the details around that. Seemed easy enough, and actually it was! We had a fun cookie contest between our guests and some of them got really competitive! Plus, it was nice that baking was checked off my list! We got store bought cupcakes and garnished them with mini cookies ourselves to save some money. We also bought lunch instead of making it. I served lunch meat and sandwich salad sliders. It was easy, and I really loved that I didn’t turn the oven on the whole day! My mom made pulled pork sliders in the crock pot and that was a huge hit!
I kept the decorations simple, as well. My colors were black, white and red. I threw in some pattern as well, with polka dots and stripes. My favorite decoration was a photo collage in the shape of a “1”. I really hope to keep this up each year. I did it for the Ginger’s 25th birthday and for me it’s fun to choose the photos and make sure the guests are sprinkled throughout it, along with the birthday boy.
We really had such a blast with everyone. I think Jack truly enjoyed seeing so many people and getting so much attention. He loved opening his presents, and he received so many beautiful and thoughtful gifts.
And then there was the cake! It took a little while for him to realize that he could really get into it. He’s usually a very neat eater and loves to feed himself, so he didn’t seem to understand how to make a mess. But he learned. Hahah, it was so cute! To make it even funnier, my Papap kept trying to clean Jack off with a napkin! He kept looking at me like, “Come on, he’s a mess” and I couldn’t get him to understand that was the whole point!
I’m so thankful for this sweet boy. He has made my life infinitely better. I look back on this past year with so much joy. I am so happy that I get to watch this little boy grow up!
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