Archie's birthday came so fast, I cannot believe he's one! I had picked out his birthday party theme shortly after he was born but do you think I planned very much in advance? Of course not. Aside from inviting everyone with plenty of time to spare I put this all together this week when we got home from vacation (a new post about that coming soon). Thank goodness for Amazon!! I saw this Rookie of the Year theme back when Archie was teeny tiny and thought it was PERFECT for a boy's summer birthday! I had my pintetest board ready to go for months and months but still procrastinated leading up to the party. This summer has been so so busy! But lucky for me Coley, my sister-in-law, offered to help and truly I wouldn't have been able to pull it off without her. Coley, Zack and the kids came over nice and early the morning of the party to help me decorate and make the balloon arch! I had a vision in my mind and Coley knocked it out of the park (pun intended). Kamryn was a gigantic help too!
I mean seriously, how cute?!?
I'm not always a huge fan of goodie bags and sending kids home with a bunch of sugary junk (I like to think parents appreciate this) so I found some baseball temporary tattoos and thought those would be perfect. The kids ended up using them at the party and it was too funny how they all left with sleeves of baseball tattoos.
I ended up doing a mixture of large and mini cupcakes and added those cute baseball cupcake toppers that I found on amazon to stick in the plain white frosting cupcakes. Simple and cute! They were delicious!
Our traditional birthday banner on the kitchen window. I've had a banner there for every single birthday we've ever had in this house. Gosh, it's been A LOT of birthdays!!
Once things got moving, I really slacked on taking pictures, but this was the first party we hosted in our newly renovated back yard, and it really was a perfect setup. Plenty of enough room for the adults and kids to spread out. I finally finished up weeding and mulching the beds on Friday and Mike finished up some last-minute yardwork Saturday morning before everyone came. The yard looked great!
Our big 1 year old!
"Give me that cupcake!! I've been waiting for this!!"
"Ahhhh.....thank you."
Just sitting back with his milk and his cupcake observing his party.
Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated with us! It was a small party but so much fun! I always get a little emotional when I think about how many people love our kids. Life is busy and hectic and the fact people take time out of their busy lives to celebrate our kids just really touches my heart. Archie is so so loved, and we truly cannot thank you all enough.
Happy 1st Birthday Archer Edward, we love you sweet boy!!
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