First Birthday's

[sstwinklinglites]

So, DS just turned nine months, but my thoughts are turning to his first birthday.

I know what some of you have done for your LO's first birthday's, but I'd love to hear what others did or plan to do, as well as some advise.

I want to commemorate his birthday, I know it's more for me than anything, but I want to do it and I want awesome pictures. I'm dead set on a baby fox theme (feel free to browse my Pinterest board:

 ). Anyway, I'd like your ideas on where to throw the "party." It won't be a real party, but our apartment is too small. It'll be DH & I, obviously DS, his godparents, possibly my mom, and if I end up doing something outside the home, maybe some of you with your littles? A park maybe? Any thoughts? I don't want to spend a fortune. I also am too poor & impatient to make it look like anything on my Pinterest board.

[mrscatfarmer13]

We didn't do a theme, just colors, blue and green. I made a highchair banner and wall backdrop. The banner was made from ribbon, twine and cardstock. I spelled out "one" putting ribbon and a hand/footprint before and after each letter. The backdrop was made from streamers and balloons. I'll try to find some pictures, I suck and only remembered to take a few.

Parks are a great option and fairly inexpensive (50-60ish in Nky). Does your complex have a clubhouse you can use?

[mrscatfarmer13]

Here's the backdrop. You can't see the top but I have balloons at the top.

[narbuckle01]

Very cute @mrscatfarmer.

I love simple cake smashes for 1yo. Entertaining for all. And any park is a great idea. With only 10 or so people would you really need to do a rental? Somewhere in Mount Adams? It's so pretty up there!

[vlagroupie]

sstwinklinglites I've been thinking about this too since we now have less than 2 months. We are having a small gtg at our house with family. Was planning to decorate her high chair with a banner and balloons. Actually, we got an antique wood high chair that I'm planning to paint. Also doing a photo collage of pictures at every month and other favs.
Maybe we could do a group GTG at a park in May to celebrate the spring babies 1st bdays. There are a few, becole, mom2boxers who else am I missing?? We could also do a late summer GTG for the 1 yo summer babes.

[vlagroupie]

Feb 17, 2015 21:07:53 GMT -5 narbuckle01 said:

Very cute @mrscatfarmer.

I love simple cake smashes for 1yo. Entertaining for all. And any park is a great idea. With only 10 or so people would you really need to do a rental? Somewhere in Mount Adams? It's so pretty up there!

Love mt Adams! Some of the parks with shelters do a rental so you would have a covered space. I've seen this at Julifs Park by us. I'm sure there are a lot of options out.

[sstwinklinglites]

@mrscatfatmer13 - Your DS's hair always gets me!

narbuckle01 - There will be a cake smash. No doubt.

vlagroupie - Maybe we can add to our contact spreadsheet B - Days? Yay or Nay?

[bazingaa]

This makes me feel like I should do something. My initial thoughts were to just have a cupcake for DS to smash and call it a day. Maybe I'll change my mind as the time gets closer.

[sstwinklinglites]

bazingaa, becole, pistolpackinmomma, vlagroupie, mom2boxers - All our babies are within a month or two of each other right? Becole, Bazingaa, pistolpackinmomma, & myself all have May babies. It would be cute to get them all together, hand them each a balloon, and watch them go to town on a cake.

[vlagroupie]

sstwinklinglites we had discussed adding Los bdays on ss at last GTG I just forgot. Sending pm.

Edit fat fingers

[sstwinklinglites]

Feb 18, 2015 6:41:17 GMT -5 pistolpackinmomma said:

That would be cute! Maybe we could do a day at the zoo towards the end of the month and hope for good weather and do the cupcakes there?

I have a zoo membership that I haven't gotten nearly enough use out of. I'm in.

[ladytiffany24]

I love the idea of having GTG's for our LO's bdays!! Especially since DH and I don't know many people around here. We'll be having a family gathering 4th of July weekend for her birthday up north. But would love to do something with the other summer babies. And we'd defs come and watch the spring babes smash some cake!!!

[ladytiffany24]

So I just started a Pinterest board for her 1st bday party and it is so lofty. 99% of it will not happen. But it's fun to dream and pretend that I'm crafty.

[sstwinklinglites]

pistolpackinmomma - Yay!

[becole]

I am in for the zoo as long as it's a weekend. I am also planning to have enough vacation to take a day off every couple weeks all summer for day things.

[JoBub]

I have a May baby also. I wasn't planning on having a party because our family is all out of state. But then we got invited to a wedding in our hometown the Saturday before LO's birthday. So now the plan is to rent a picnic shelter for that Sunday and have a really simple outdoor party. Maybe a sports theme, or maybe a picnic/camping theme. But there will be very minimal decorations. Probably just tablecloths and "centerpieces" that are more to hold down the tablecloths and stuff if there's a breeze. We'll send invitations to family and friends with children, and then informally invite all our other friends to stop by for a drink as well. So many of our friends haven't met LO because whenever we go visit, MIL always offers to keep him so we can go hang out with friends. I think she would be disappointed if she didn't get that time with him. Also, I'm planning on letting my MIL do most of the work because she's local and because she will love it.

[mom2boxers]

I would be up for a GTG. I haven't been to the zoo in years.

I've got my fingers crossed we're going to have some warm weather at the end of March for party day. I've already scheduled LO's 1 year check up and I'm hoping he won't be grumpy from the shots the previous day.

[sstwinklinglites]

JoBub - It'll be nice to be around family and friends for LO's first birthday. We also don't have family here, but DS's godparents have been planning on being here for his first birthday for months. And I'm going to try and surprise my mom with the airfare to get her up here also.

[bazingaa]

Yeah, we have a zoo membership too... That we have yet to use! Stupid winter.

[hbrockman01]

Feb 18, 2015 8:58:33 GMT -5 sstwinklinglites said:

Feb 18, 2015 6:41:17 GMT -5 pistolpackinmomma said:

That would be cute! Maybe we could do a day at the zoo towards the end of the month and hope for good weather and do the cupcakes there?

I have a zoo membership that I haven't gotten nearly enough use out of. I'm in.

Same here!! Can't wait for warmer weather, especially now that I'm off on Mondays.

[hbrockman01]

Feb 18, 2015 12:37:18 GMT -5 mom2boxers said:

I would be up for a GTG. I haven't been to the zoo in years.

I've got my fingers crossed we're going to have some warm weather at the end of March for party day. I've already scheduled LO's 1 year check up and I'm hoping he won't be grumpy from the shots the previous day.

Advice... I wouldn't plan shots to close to party. All kids are different but when DD got her 1yr shots she started running a fever that carried for 5 days or so... we ended up in the ER as a result!

[mom2boxers]

Feb 18, 2015 13:45:14 GMT -5 hbrockman01 said:

Feb 18, 2015 12:37:18 GMT -5 mom2boxers said:

I would be up for a GTG. I haven't been to the zoo in years.

I've got my fingers crossed we're going to have some warm weather at the end of March for party day. I've already scheduled LO's 1 year check up and I'm hoping he won't be grumpy from the shots the previous day.

Advice... I wouldn't plan shots to close to party. All kids are different but when DD got her 1yr shots she started running a fever that carried for 5 days or so... we ended up in the ER as a result!

Good to know. Thanks! I'll see if I can reschedule.

[vlagroupie]

I love the idea of cupcake smash for all the littles around their bdays. We would def be in for spring gtg for this.

[mrscatfarmer13]

Even though M is a Fall baby I would love to crash your zoo plans in the Spring. I need to get my money's worth out of this zoo pass, although I'm pretty sure we have already made enough trips to at least break even.

[becole]

I mean we can have a birthday party for everybody. Or just a regular party plus cupcakes.

[sstwinklinglites]

@mrscatfatmer13 - Of course! And M will have his very own cupcake.

becole - I'm envisioning a day at the park once for the winter / spring babies, and once for the summer / fall babies. Balloons, cupcakes, and lots of cute babies with frosting everywhere.

[vlagroupie]

Feb 18, 2015 19:52:47 GMT -5 sstwinklinglites said:

@mrscatfatmer13 - Of course! And M will have his very own cupcake.

becole - I'm envisioning a day at the park once for the winter / spring babies, and once for the summer / fall babies. Balloons, cupcakes, and lots of cute babies with frosting everywhere.

I'm thinking the same thing about a grouping of babes for birthdays based on seasons.  Maybe I'm looking for an excuse to celebrate DD's bday more than once.

[bazingaa]

I don't feel like you ever NEED a reason to have cupcakes. I mean, sometimes I'm just like, well, it's Tuesday, good enough for me. But yeah, birthdays work too

[sstwinklinglites]

bazingaa - There's a cupcake place in Miami called Mishas. It. Is. Amazing. Best freaking cupcakes of life. And there's nothing super special about them. Not filled or anything. Just the most delectable, moist cupcakes you have ever tasted. When I lived there they had a location five minutes from my house. I can tell you there is no reason needed for cupcakes. These were a weekly staple. When I visit now, I always stop by for a box of cupcakes.

[becole]

I just didn't want anyone to feel their LOs were stuck in between seasons and left out.