1st Birthday Party!!

Yup, before we knew it, our little baby turned 1 year old!

We had Duncan's party on Saturday, October 13th, at Angelo Rossi Park here in the city. It was such a gorgeous fall day! The weather was perfect, the park & playground was great fun for the little ones, and we had our favorite friends & family with us to celebrate.

Duncan was such a good little guest of honor and seemed to have as much fun as we did. He was in such a good mood all day! I couldn't have asked for a better birthday party for my little crazy-haired man. :)

Auntie Heather made him his awesome birthday shirt that said "one" across it in fun farm-themed fabric patterns that she picked out to go with his farm-themed party. I just LOVE that little shirt. Seriously, seriously CUTE!! :)

Heather and I had so much fun putting together all the farm-themed decorations, favors, and food for the party. There was red gingham table tops, cow pattern balloons, farm animal stickers & tattoos, Heather made a birthday banner with the same fabric patterns that she used for his shirt, farm animal cupcake toppers, and favor bags loaded with farm-themed goodies for the little ones to take home. Heather made crayons in farm animal shapes that were included in the favor bags and they were SO cute!! I may or may not have gotten a little out of control with all the farm themed party goods, but it was really a lot of fun to plan and I forgive myself. :)

Check out the food:

Watering Hole (for the thirsty little farmers)

Fresh Fruit Orchard

Tractor Tires
(ham & cheese or cream cheese & cucumber
mini-bagels)

Haystacks & Chicken Feed
(rice krispy treats & chex mix)

... and a Veggie Patch for a finishing touch!

Let's not forget the star attraction -- the cupcakes! Complete with your favorite farm animal topper. I almost passed out from the cuteness... :)

Cupcakes from Blissful Bites Bakery
Toppers from MiaSophias on Etsy

As adorable as those cupcakes were, Duncan was not a huge fan of the frosting & sprinkles. He had a melt-down because he didn't like having them all over his hands.

But he was a trooper and downed his birthday cupcake like a champ once we cleaned the frosting off his hands and Daddy hand fed him his bites of cake. LOL Did I mention my son is very tidy?

Logan, on the other hand, seemed to enjoy his cupcake just fine -- frosting and all! :)

After Duncan recovered from his cupcake-eating drama, we tattooed him up! Pork belly, anyone? :)

We had farm animal stickers for the kids to stick to themselves, each other, & to unsuspecting adults. The farm animal tattoos were a big hit and Heather was very busy as tattoo applier as well as party photographer. All these fun goodies were also included in the favor bags for the kiddos to take home. :)

Tags from MiaSophias on Etsy
Tiny cowbells from The Ribbonerie

Yeah, we seriously had too much fun! We had neighbors, local friends, and far away friends & family show up to celebrate Duncan's big day. Grandmom Debbie even flew out for the weekend just to party with him! How spoiled is he? We were so happy that so many were able to make it. It was great to see everyone, hang out, and do some good ol' catching up. It seems like forever since we've seen some of these people. The little ones grow up so fast!

Many thanks to everyone for joining us for a fun day! Many thanks to Trung, Logan, and Debbie for all their help in party set-up, babysitting, shopping, & clean-up. We love you guys. :) SO many thanks to Heather for all her crafting & planning help, photographing, and all the million other things she does. This party would not have come together so perfectly without her, and this post would have no photos without her! Again, I must say that she is the bomb and we just LOVE her!!

Hope you had a Happy Birthday, my Duncan punkin! We sure had a blast celebrating with you. Secretly, I am already looking forward to planning the next one!! :)

Love,
Mommy