Thursday, August 11, 2011

Trey's 1st Birthday Party Recap: Part One

This past Saturday we celebrated Trey's first birthday with a red, white and aqua themed "crabby" party! It was a perfect day that we shared with all of our friends and family. It went by in the blink of an eye, a whirlwind that I can only equate to the way I felt on our wedding day. At one point the hubs, Trey and I snuck away into a bedroom and just had an "us" moment where we hugged, kissed and smiled. It was absolute bliss.


I'll do this post in two parts - today will be an overall view of the day and tomorrow I will do a details post with info on where I purchased things or how I made them.

The party was held at my Uncle-in-law's home

Happy Birthday banner

Monthly pictures (idea via Blue Eyed Bride)

Crab lanterns

"Guest book"

Favors for the babies

The "sweets" table


ABC cookies

Vanilla cake with buttercream icing! YUM!

I wanted to make sure I had things for the itty bitty party guests to snack on too!

White chocolate and dark chocolate s'mores on sticks!

Snaquarium animal cookies


We served BBQ

Potato salad in individual cups

All sorts of chips

Lots of fruit.

I also did a side of just blueberries for the little ones who haven't had strawberries yet!

This ended up housing mini red and blue gatorades

Smash!

Proud Parents

Glad I changed Trey's clothes for the cake smash

Post cake hose-down outside

I hope you enjoyed this look into Trey's first birthday party!!

26 comments:

Pineapples and Pickles said...

Oh, happy (late) birthday, Trey! And this party looks fantastic. You did a great job on the the decor. I love the guest book idea... just pinned it on pinterest.

Jillian said...

Adorable!!! You did a fantastic job!!!!

Natalie said...

Oh I love that theme! I almost thought about doing that for Nolan's but we're doing a sailboat theme but basically the same color as yours. You did a great job! I have party envy!

Unknown said...

Beautiful!!!!!

Megan said...

How cute! You did a great job and your family is just adorable :)

mrs.mfc said...

Oh my goodness you did SUCH an AMAZING job with his party!! All the little details are just perfect! Great work :) I'm going to need your help in about a year when I start planning :) Hahaha!!

Unknown said...

Love everything about it! You did such a great job!

Unknown said...

I love the monthly pictures! You did an awesome job on this party.

Laura @ My Thoughts-Uninterrupted said...

Everything turned out so wonderful! Good job! Glad y'all enjoyed everything too.

Amber said...

Good grief woman, you are amazing! I love love love all of the details and give you major props for the planning and time that went into this. What a fabulous first birthday for Trey to look back on! Great job, mama!

Mrs EyeCanSee said...

What a great party! You did a fantastic job! Trey really went at it with his cake! Jamie was more interested in actually eating it then playing in it...haha, which I guess it's what your supposed to do!

Cole said...

Wow!! That's quite the party that Trey got! A far cry from the cake and Hoodsies that I used to get as a little one. :-)

Ashley said...

Absolutely adorable! You did a fabulous job!!!!

Amanda said...

Great job, Mama! IT looks FANTASTIC :)

Lucy Marie said...

it looks so amazing!

Cory Holder said...

Holy Moly! Now that is a 1st birthday party done right!! Wow! You are a crafy lady! :)

lg2006 said...

YOu did an amazing job!! I love that you thought to put out the mum mums!

SouthernBelleJM said...

so cute!!!!! great job:)

chelsea said...

Fabulous! What a lovely party for such a sweet little boy. :)

Anonymous said...

Ethan loves Baby Mum-Mums! :)

Everything looks great. Happy belated 1st, Trey!

Mom of Three said...

Oh how I love all of the details girl! I have been going crazy on Pinterst trying to plan my daughters 3rd bday party- pretty sure I am going to go with an Elmo theme.

Anonymous said...

WOW! What a cute birthday party! You did a fantastic job! :)

Perfectly Imperfect said...

Girl you did SUCH a good job! Everything looked fabulous! Those smores things look delicious. Might need a recipe on those!

And can we talk about how great you look?!? Fab Mama!!

Kate said...

You know I love a nautical party! Would love to feature this on my blog. Let me know if that's OK!

Nicki said...

Oh!!! Happy Happy Birthday Baby!! So VERY sweet!! Your party was gorgeous, you did an amazing job! And he couldn't be any cuter!!! Very much enjoy your blog, have a fun weekend :)

Andie said...

ok, I'm way late to this but since I just discovered your blog today and when you wrote this post I was in labor about to have a baby.... LOL

anyway- my little guy is about to turn one in August and we're throwing him a crab themed party! I may borrow some of your ideas. ;)