Joshy's 1st Birthday Party!

We had so so so so much fun celebrating Josh's 1st birthday!  I wanted to make sure we kept his birthday celebrations separate from Christmas celebrations, so we had it this past Sunday.  We might always try and keep it the first weekend in December.  It's a crazy time of year, but it's also the most wonderful time of the year!  I really cannot believe he's almost ONE!  It makes me sad to think that he's no longer going to technically be a baby anymore!  I'll save my sentimental post for his actual birthday, but it's hard not to get a little emotional.  This was hands down, the fastest year ever!  I just love this little guy to pieces.

After a few pinterest searches, I came across a few lumberjack parties and I fell in love with the idea.  For some reason, I had it in my head that I wanted to do a brunch.  I knew Andy would be sold on both the lumberjack theme and the breakfast/brunch idea!  There's so much fun buffalo check plaid stuff out there right now, that it was hard not to get too carried away.  As always, I wish I would have taken a few more pictures during the party, but I did take some!  There were over 50 people there, so we had the party at my mom's house because there's much more room.   Andy had school this past weekend, so thankfully my mom was super helpful!  Ben was also a huge help!  Wish I could say the same for the birthday boy.  ;)  He ripped of his socks and started putting his mouth on the cart approximately 20 seconds after I got him in the cart.  Stinker!

I was so happy with how everything turned out!  As always, Andy was a master in the kitchen.  He made pancakes, waffles, bacon, Canadian bacon, cinnamon rolls, biscuits, and corn bread, and I'm sure I'm forgetting things!  I was more or less in charge of the desserts.  We had a s'more maker (which didn't get used!), pancake cookies complete with Starburst butter slabs, donut holes that I was going to turn in to acorns, and of course the fabulous cakes!  Our cake lady did such an amazing job!  They were exactly what I was envisioning!

The birthday boy definitely loved the spread!  He had his first bites of (Canadian) bacon and he was loving it!

I'm bumming that I don't have pictures with Joshy and all (or at least a few more) of his loving guests.  I know he won't remember this party, but I hope he knows that he is loved so very much by so many people!  What's not to love about this sweet face?

I wasn't sure how he would do with the big, loud crowd, especially when he was the center of attention, but he did so well!  He was a little ham!

He didn't devour the cake, but he did like it!

He actually didn't like it until Ben started feeding him.  It was pretty much the sweetest thing ever.

I did manage to get a picture with some of my girlfriends from high school!  It was so sweet that they came!

And the youngest party goer award goes to my friend Maggie's sweet baby girl Daphne!  It was love at first sight for both Daphne and Josh!

I was really excited about the photo booth that I made, but unfortunately it did't get used as much as I was hoping!  I know people took their own photos, and we did manage to get a few fun ones!

Overall, the party was a huge success!  Only 9 more days as an 11 month old.  My heart!!