Showing posts with label Carson's 1st birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carson's 1st birthday. Show all posts

Monday, August 2, 2010

Carson is 1 Year old!

Dear Carson,

Today at 9:21AM you turned one year old. I remember the first time I felt you move in my belly, the first time I saw you and held you, and it all feels like yesterday.

This year has flown by, you grew from a baby to a toddler overnight it seems. At one of the baby showers, a friend wrote on the card: "Get ready for more joy than your heart can handle" and I think that is the perfect way to describe being your mama.

We fell in love the moment we met you. 



You have made Daddy and me so unbelievably happy.



You are our entire world. 



We love you more than you can imagine and always will.




THE PARTY
Your 1st party was a success! You had a great time playing with your family and friends, playing with the paper and boxes that your toys came in :)  and you really enjoyed smashing and eating your birthday cake!

The party was a Dinosaur theme with baby blue and lime green colors all around:






The favors were complete with Dino goodies: Dino gummies, Dino silly bands, Dino rubber duckies, Dino stickers, etc...




The Cake table:


I made a Dinosaur nest to display a birth photo and a recent photo of you to show how much you have changed:


Your smash cake was a Dinosaur egg:


Your big cake (inspired by Tank on the Dinosaur Train PBS show, your favorite show...thanks to the Dessert Box for the yummy cakes)


I even worked your outfit into the theme!


Yummy cake, you started eating right away!




HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY BABY! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Let the Planning Begin!

I began thinking of Carson's 1st Birthday party a few months ago, but when he turned 9 months old, reality set in...he will be ONE in 3 months! INSANE. Ok, so now that I am over my initial shock that my baby will soon be a toddler, I can plan this shindig. 

At first I thought of an Elmo, Cookie Monster, or Clifford theme..all of which are such cute characters that Carson loves. But I just couldn't commit to any of them. Then we started noticing how much he loves the Dinosaur Train show on PBS, and I have bought him a few Dinosaur books to read (or mainly chew on) I really started to like the Dinosaur idea. And I bet the Dessert Box can make a phenomenal Dino cake! YUM. 

I saw on Baby Foreste's blog  a great Etsy shop for invitations - and saw the cutest Dino invite. This is going to be SO fun!