The Party

In Reed's 12 Month Post his embarrassing picture was of him eating hemp ice cream. We decided since his party wasn't for a few days, Baby should have his First Sugar on his actual Birthday. While the embarrassing pic was pretty funny, he actually really liked the ice cream and there were a few cute shots I just have to share.

Last Sunday Jon and I had a "small" party to celebrate Reed's first Birthday. Small is in quotes because we invited only Reed's Grandparents, Great Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and one and only Cousin, but in our family that adds up to 19 people! It was a great day filled with lots of love, laughs, and of course food.

 

I'm this many!!!

 

Reed thought it was pretty cool having everyone sing Happy Birthday to him. He liked the cupcake and ate a lot of it, but very carefully and without much of a mess. I was secretly hoping for a bit more of a frosting mess and even stripped him down to his diaper in anticipation.

 

 

 

 

I actually spent a lot of time making decorations for the party, but failed in taking any specific pictures of the house. Everything was various shades of blue. There were dot garlands, Reed's monthly pictures, personalized seating cards, chevron table runners, an ombre #1 (you can see it in the cupcake pictures), and lots of balloons (Reed thought they were balls and really wanted to play with them).

 

 

Most of the gifts/toys went into Reed's toy chest to be brought out over the weeks to come. We let him play with a couple of things though - after all it was his Birthday (and they were too big to fit in the toy chest)!!!

A Swiss toy called Bilibo - it can be a chair, a bucket, a shell, or anything else  

 

I'll only show the picture of Reed and Annaliese that looks like Reed is happy to share his wagon - not the ones where his is trying to push her out!

 

 

Speaking of Annaliese, the two sat next to each other for dinner and were so cute to watch. Reed kept trying to share his food with her and held her hand a couple of times.

 

 

 All in all it was a great day and the perfect way for us to celebrate Reed's one year milestone.