Campbell’s First Birthday Party- Milk and Cookies Decorations

I can’t believe that I have gotten  caught up and am actually posting about Campbell’s birthday.  I’m going to start by showing the decorations.  Then, I post picture from the actual party.  I knew a long time ago that I wanted to do a milk and cookies party.  I really could’ve/should’ve done a “cupcake” them like I did for Trigger because I could’ve used all those decorations that I have somewhere.  But, NOOOO, I couldn’t do something easy like that…Nope, not me!  I have to make things difficult on myself.  I was determined to do just as much stuff for Campbell’s party as I did for Trigger’s first birthday.  I didn’t want it to be an “awwww….he’s the second child” kind-of party.  I tried to keep it low key…my husband would COMPLETELY disagree with me on that one…but, he didn’t see my grand plans that I had in the beginning…I cut a ton of stuff out to make it easier on myself. 

Okay…let’s get started.  This is our breakfast area.  I decorated our light fixture with pom-pons and mesh.  Of course since it was a milk and cookies party, we used the colors of brown, tan, cream, and white.These are our favors.  I made cookies in a jar for each family.  Since we just invite family right now, I like doing a family gift so everyone gets to take something home.The favor tags were tiny brown sacks.This was inside the sack: Directions for making the cookies and a picture of Campbell.The one year banner.  I couldn’t just choose one from each month so I just chose my favorite pictures throughout the year.This is our dining room.  I also decorated this light fixture with pom-pons and mesh.The napkins…yes, I did stamp every single napkin with a “c”.  Another little detail that just brings it all together…also one more thing that caused Matt to roll his eyes! ;)I was suppose to go to this wholesale florist in Monroe on Friday afternoon but didn’t get there in time…I improvised with these that I found at Hobby Lobby…it actually turned out great bc they match the colors.The dessert table.  I had white milk and “cow juice” (that’s what Trigger calls choc milk) to serve with the cake and ice cream.We also had fun red and white straws for the milk.  And, check out that tin.  Isn’t it awesome?  It went perfectly with our theme!I had to put a picture of our flower beds.  Matt replanted them Friday because all of our other flowers had died!  Excuse our big dirt pit in the front yard…The front door…more pom-pons, more mesh, and a few milk jars.And, we had to have a “happy birthday” banner.  I used the pictures that I took of Campbell eating his first cookie.Sorry…I couldn’t resist adding this picture of my oh so handsome helper.Here is a picture of the food table with all the food.  We had chicken salad sandwiches, Mrs. Haworth’s cucumber sandwiches, bunco buns (ham and swiss), peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, spinach dip, texas caviar, and grapes.   I had labels for all of the food and my family made fun of me.  :(  They just don’t understand that it looks cute! HA!

Campbell’s Birthday Invitations

Because (in my husband’s words) I like to make things difficult, I made my own invitations…I really couldn’t find what I wanted on the internet so I just came up with this.  The invitation is actually attached to the cookie jar.

If you just slide the “C”, you could read the actual invite…Slide the invite, and you could see a picture of the birthday boy!And, the cookie jar was filled with chocolate chip teddy grahams.

I thought they turned out cute…at least it turned out the way I wanted!!!!

Swimming Lessons

Whew, I’m getting caught up!  This past week, Trigger had swimming lessons.  Mrs. Carla Colvin was his teacher.  I thought she would be perfect because she is firm and Trigger usually needs that.  I had no idea what to expect with Trigger.  Liz took him on the first day.  She didn’t stay and Mrs. Colvin actually got him out of the car.  Liz said she was worried about the rushed transition but he did great.  No crying!  When Liz picked him up, Mrs. Colvin said he did great and that she did not see what Matt and I had been talking about (his difficult behavior) because he was wonderful for her. Day two: I took him and dropped him off….Of course, he cried but got over it quickly.  That was the only day that he cried.  I’m not saying that he woke up wanting to go to swimming lessons…NOPE, actually, he would tell me every morning that he was NOT going.  He did soooo good while he was there.  Wednesday-Friday, I let Trigger bring Woody to sit on the table to watch.  It was kind of funny but Trigger liked it. After each lesson, Mrs. Colvin gave him a popsicle.  EVERY single day, he chose ORANGE…shocker, I know!On Friday, I stayed to watch the whole time and he did GREAT!  I was fully prepared for a meltdown and to have to leave but I didn’t have to.  He jumped off the diving board 4 or 5 times without hesitation….he floated (which Mrs. Colvin said was great for his age)…he even swam under water, kicking to Mrs. Colvin…AND, he is a professional bubble blower!  I was soooo pleased with the week and so was Mrs. Colvin. 

I can’t wait for him to take next year!!!  I always LOVED swimming lessons and I think I took every year until I was in the 2nd or 3rd grade because I wanted to take them.  So, I hope Trigger enjoys swimming just as much as I did!

Aunt Deanna

The boys did good coming home too…I was so proud of thme for traveling so good.  When we got home, we quickly started unpacking and Aunt Deanna came over to see Campbell and give him his gifts. Trigger helped open them.Me and Deanna with my boys.And Trigger with Deanna’s sunglasses.

Deanna also gave me these awesome red glasses. I absolutely LOVE them!!!

Campbell’s 1st Birthday AT THE BEACH!

Like I said on the last post, we decided to spend Campbell’s birthday at the beach.  We started the morning by taking a picture of him.Trigger wanted in on it and thought he’d start the morning off with a little headlock.Waiting on his birthday breakfast…does he look thrilled, or what?Then, Campbell saw the candle and he got pretty excited.We let him open a present that morning….And, guess what he got…WOODY.  Maybe now, Trigger and Campbell won’t fight over Trigger’s as much.The boys with their Woody’s and notice that Campbell is giving his a hug.Out to the beach we went.Then, we went out to eat at MY FAVORITE PLACE, Louisiana Lagniappe…I didn’t realize this when we planned on going there but we spent Trigger’s first birthday supper there too.AND, here it is, my favorite picture of the trip…No, Campbell does  not have a dress on…it’s a bubble.  I love that outfit!!!And, again, Campbell was not thrilled with taking pictures.A sweet lady offered to take our picture.  She did a great job…she was obviously a mom because she took several up and down and across.Our footprints in the sand.Trigger really just couldn’t be still any longer.Then, we went back up to the condo for a little cake.  This was Trigger’s birthday hat that Chasten bought for him. :)And, he opened another gift…His own real dustbuster…there is a story behind that…he LOVES…and I mean LOVES..mine.  He makes a beeline to it when I turn it on and pretty much waits until you are finished so he can have a turn.  Sooo…I thought it would be a good gift for him but I wasn’t about to buy him our expensive one…well…he doesn’t like his cheap one…he still prefers mine.  The funny thing is that his cheap one actually works better than mine!  haha!

Campbell had a great first birthday.  I will do an official one year post after we go to the doctor this week.