Saturday, October 1, 2011

Dylan's 1st Birthday Party

 For Dylan's 1st birthday I decided to do a Hungry Caterpillar theme.  I loved these invitations!  It was a lot of fun to do.  I went door to door and put the invitations on people's door steps.  Worth all the work!:)

I was SO excited to be able to have someone come to the party and take pictures!  It was so nice to be able to enjoy the party without having to worry about getting good pictures.  Erin did a fantastic job capturing all the great things that happened at the party.
A mini photo shoot before the party started.....
 
 
These "caterpillar balls" were a HUGE pain in the rear but turned out SO cute!
 
 My caterpillar cake and cupcakes turned out exactly how I wanted them to!  How did people function without the internet?!  I found the best ideas for the party:)
 We are SO blessed to have so many friends and family who love Dylan.  We had about 60 people there!  What an event.  It was a blast!  We had hot dogs, fruit, potato salad, pasta salad and some other goodies.  Everyone brought their picnic supplies and we just hung out and enjoyed the food and each others company.  We rented a bounce house for the kiddos and Curt had a bean bag game for the adults.
I wasn't sure how Dylan would do with the cake since he's not a big fan of food yet.  He did GREAT!  He did exactly what he was supposed to do.  He demolished that cake and took a couple of tastes. I LOVED it!!



 
Dylan received some great gifts.  He loves all his toys and his clothes are super cute.  What a lucky little guy!
 He was a little distracted with his toys so Brooklyn had to step in and help a little bit.
 All in all a GREAT day.  Lot's of work for a 1st birthday but it was the perfect way to celebrate surviving the first year.  
Happy Birthday Dylan!!


3 comments:

Nana said...

So cute! Fun party!

ThE nIcHoLs FaMiLy said...

Great job Brenna! It was such a cute party and Dylan is adorable!! Now please tell him to stop growing up :)

Mary LeMonnier said...

Looks sooo cute, Brenna!! You did a fab job. Happy Birthday, Dylan!!