Reed's 1st Birthday Party

Since Reed was turning 1 on the 1st, this was his golden birthday.  I decided to use that for his party theme.  

It turned out to be pretty hard to find gold party supplies in town.  Plenty of yellow, but no metallic gold.  I found plenty online though.  My favorite find was probably the edible gold star glitter for the cake and cupcakes.

We kept his party a little smaller, since we have so many birthdays packed into just a couple of months, and he's not big enough to make requests yet-like bowling or a bounce house.  

As usual I waited too late to clean and start decorating or anything, and ended up having to miss Cason's soccer game that morning.  :(  Of course that's the game when he decides he's a machine and scores like 9 goals.  Ha.  Veronica made some food, and Cassie came over to help me decorate while I finished getting stuff ready.  Trudi also helped me finish some food I was trying to make.  Thank goodness.

Veronica also crocheted a cute little bowtie and suspenders for the guest of honor.  

It came together well and was such a nice little party.

It was just family, and we had fun celebrating our little man.

We opened gifts.  

Like a lot of little ones, he latched onto the first thing he received and spent the next 10 minutes playing with it while the other kids opened the rest of the gifts for him.

We sang to him, and gave him his cupcake.  He wanted none of it.  He put one hand in the frosting, and we waited, and waited, and Jess gave him a little taste to get him started, and we waited....and he started looking annoyed and trying to shake the frosting off of his hand.  We finally gave up and let him out of the highchair!  I guess he prefers chocolate.

People started to head home not too long after that.  When it was down to just us and my sisters, I realized I hadn't put on Reed's favorite music during the party.  So I set it to Mr. Pitiful, his favorite Otis Redding song, and a little dancing ensued.  That will be a happy memory for me. 

Once it was just us, and for the next couple of days, he got to leisurely enjoy his giant "1" balloon and discover all the gifts he didn't realize he'd been given.  :)

I love this boy so much.  So glad he has so many people who love him.  I wish he could've realized the whole party was all for him, but I think he knows he's loved.