We had a blast celebrating Xavier's first birthday with family and friends and this sweet birthday boy enjoyed himself as well.
His birthday extravaganza was so much fun!! I'm excited to share some pictures. I made everything myself, including the blue ombre smash cake!
For the photo banners, I had one banner with his monthly pics (on the table) and another banner of his firsts (first Christmas, first glimpse of snow, first Halloween, etc.).
We made a time capsule for Xavier not to be opened until his 10th birthday.
Xavier and his bestie from daycare threw a joint birthday party at her house since their birthdays are 9 days apart and they have the same little friends. We had an all out feast! There were shrimp tarts, pigs in a blanket, and fruit/veggie trays for appetizers. The main course was burgers, chicken, mac & cheese and tons of other delicious foods.
We went to town with our blue ombre theme, well at least it was my vision! Having the party at an offsite location sounded good in my head, but in reality, not as easy as I'd hoped! My treat cups fell out of the car on to the pavement, most of the balloons deflated overnight, and I was too tired to set up half the decorations! But, from the way the pictures turned out, you can hardly tell! I think it looked great overall and Xavier had a blast!
He didn't waste any time on his smash cake. As soon as the cake was put in front of him, he dove in for a taste test. We just skipped the lighting of the candles and let him go to town!
I had to sneak in and cut out a piece of the cake so we could finally see how the blue ombre turned out. We made the cakes ourselves the night before. I used two store bought white cake mixes for this cake and added blue food coloring, starting with the darkest layer on the bottom. I bought two jars of white frosting and mixed some drops of food coloring to get different shades of blue and tried to frost it perfectly. I'm pretty impressed with how it turned out! It's my favorite decoration of the whole party!
He could not get enough of this cake. He leaned his head back, stuck out the tummy, and shoveled it right in to his mouth!
At the end of the party, our guests took home bags of kettle corn and cotton candy.
All in all, I'm very happy with how everything turned out and had a blast planning it. It was a lot of work, but I love how great of pictures we got!
And finally, a little collage of the monthly photos of Xavier's first year of life!
His birthday extravaganza was so much fun!! I'm excited to share some pictures. I made everything myself, including the blue ombre smash cake!
For the photo banners, I had one banner with his monthly pics (on the table) and another banner of his firsts (first Christmas, first glimpse of snow, first Halloween, etc.).
We made a time capsule for Xavier not to be opened until his 10th birthday.
Xavier and his bestie from daycare threw a joint birthday party at her house since their birthdays are 9 days apart and they have the same little friends. We had an all out feast! There were shrimp tarts, pigs in a blanket, and fruit/veggie trays for appetizers. The main course was burgers, chicken, mac & cheese and tons of other delicious foods.
We went to town with our blue ombre theme, well at least it was my vision! Having the party at an offsite location sounded good in my head, but in reality, not as easy as I'd hoped! My treat cups fell out of the car on to the pavement, most of the balloons deflated overnight, and I was too tired to set up half the decorations! But, from the way the pictures turned out, you can hardly tell! I think it looked great overall and Xavier had a blast!
He didn't waste any time on his smash cake. As soon as the cake was put in front of him, he dove in for a taste test. We just skipped the lighting of the candles and let him go to town!
He could not get enough of this cake. He leaned his head back, stuck out the tummy, and shoveled it right in to his mouth!
Of course we were all dying laughing watching him indulge in the cake... and you better believe when Steve jumped in to show Xavier how to really smash it, Xavier swatted at him and got blue frosting on Steve's shirt and pants. Don't mess with the boy's cake. He will fight!
At the end of the party, our guests took home bags of kettle corn and cotton candy.
All in all, I'm very happy with how everything turned out and had a blast planning it. It was a lot of work, but I love how great of pictures we got!
And finally, a little collage of the monthly photos of Xavier's first year of life!
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