Reed turned one on a Saturday so we had his party on his actual birthday. I decided to go with a modernish theme of colors and circles. My friend Elizabeth made his cake and she did such an awesome job! Not only was it totally adorable, it was addictively delicious.
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I painted some plain letters to go over the table and cut out circles to hang from the window. (I took this after we ate - whoops!)
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My friend Lisa made this cute birthday banner. I wanted to do something with the mantle but ran out of time. I was thinking maybe putting his monthly pictures would be cute but oh well.
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We grilled chicken, steak and shrimp kabobs. They were all good but the shrimp were delicious! I got the recipe
here. Look for sweet and spicy honey shrimp. I haven't figured out how to copy the whole link.
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I made stuffed bleu cheese potatoes, also from the above site. Even those who dislike bleu cheese loved these!
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I made these cookies sort of at the last minute. I do not love how they looked but they tasted good.
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I dipped some pretzel sticks as well and they were a big hit. Other goodies included pigs in a blanket, chicken nuggets, fruit and veggies and a cheeseball and crackers.
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I found these colorful sodas at Walgreens. I was planning to buy some blue cream soda as well but for some reason decided to wait until the day of the party and the store was sold out.
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Ms. Honey came to see Reed and celebrate with us. She brought her granddaughter Austin, too.
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After we ate we opened gifts. Reed seemed to enjoy the process but I am not sure he was as interested as his brother and cousins were.
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After gifts it was time for cake!
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He started out slowly, just taking teensy bites.
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But pretty soon he demolished his smash cake!
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We had a wonderful time celebrating Reed's first of many birthdays. We are so blessed to have this little man in our lives! His birthday is also our wedding anniversary. I can't think of a better way to celebrate our marriage than the birth of our son!
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3 comments:
I don't comment often, but I am obsessed with party planning and decorating, and I wanted to tell you what an awesome job you did! Everything was perfect and totally adorable!
Thank you!
What a fantastic birthday party! You are so creative- I'm impressed. And I'm glad you documented it here, too, so that your son can appreciate it when he's older!
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