Peanut's First Birthday Party!

This weekend was Lil Peanut's 1st birthday party. I decided an appropriate theme for his 1st birthday should be around his nickname lil Peanut. Here are the details. Enjoy!

I designed the invitations on photoshop and had a local printer print them on card stock for me. Here's a tip for the thrifty momma like me...when using a print shop ask that they not cut the invites for you I saved almost 75% by just cutting the invites by myself! 

The Goods

Since we were having brunch I wanted a lighter dessert so I had La Momo Maes make angel food cake cupcakes. They were absolutely beautiful! And they were perfect for peanut's first taste of sweet stuff.

For the party favors everyone got a sack of circus peanuts.

I found the cutest birthday hat at Hobby Lobby, but it didn't match my color scheme so I bought felt that matched and just redesigned the hat so it would match peanut's party!

Since peanut can't walk just yet I decided to have brunch at our favorite place to eat out which is The Egg and I. Here are some of the pictures of Peanut enjoying his birthday party, and of course his birthday cupcake.

         

Silly birthday boy

Getting ready for the good part

He smashed right into it!

Still enjoying the good stuff

Can you tell????

All smiles after the shindig ;)

Playing with his balloons.

 It's the first time peanut ever saw balloons.

 We had an amazing time with friends and family. I want to thank everyone for sharing this special day with us! 

Peanut in the Box

Last night I have to say I feel silly for spending money on a bunch of toys when I quickly found out that the simplest things entertain my lil peanut. I think the pictures say it all ;)

               

Papa is helping Peanut climb into the box...

And then he played hide-n-go-seek for awhile ;)

Peanut Mush

This was my Lil Peanut's new trick this morning...mushing food and discovering he can now spit it out. Not because he doesn't like bananas, but just because he can and it's funny lol. I couldn't help but laugh. 

This last week has been a good week, I see so many little changes in Peanut. It warms my heart to see all the new things he is learning, and understanding! His first birthday party is coming up this weekend. It is going to be a great time. I will post pictures of everything so stay tuned!

Life's quite text messages

I love life's quite unintentional messages. 

This is exactly how I feel about being a momma ;)

Busy night for Peanut

I was able to work a different shift today so I got off work early and was able to spend a full night with Peanut. Boy did we have a busy night! We admired the new rug that Papa made for us, it's a very cute monkey that goes perfect with our jungle nursery. Thanks Papa!

Then Kaiden climbed the stairs for the 1st time with out stopping.

He just kept going...

He made it!

As soon as peanut got to the top of the stairs he had to turn around,

 

and gave Momma a big "I did it" grin!

We ended the night with some great books, and a snacker bottle. 

I can honestly say I cherish every lil moment with my peanut. 

Changing made memorable

While I was changing Lil Peanut this morning I had an interesting realization... we spend a lot of time together on the changing table. It seems I am always changing a diaper, or clothing, and then we end up playing together in the closet mirror that is just next to the table. I feel in a way it is where a lot of bonding happens. I wonder if I'm not the only momma that thinks so? When I ponder all of our times at the changing table so many "firsts" happened in those times. For instance, it is where I got Peanut to laugh when I tickled him for the first time, it is where I taught him to find his toes and pull off his socks. It is also where I taught him push his arm through his shirt sleeves, and to find his tummy! On the changing table so many close memories exist, and I look forward to the daily moments. I wouldn't miss a diaper change in the world :)

Welcome to our diary

Hey Everyone! I am officially starting my New Year's resolution tonight. I am a single mother of a wonderful lil peanut who is about to turn 1 year old at the end of this month. In the last year I have taken a ton of pictures and some video of his special moments, but I feel that as a first time mother my most precious and memorable moments are the daily encounters of us learning about each other and about life. Everyday I learn something new from my lil peanut, and find happiness in the smallest of things. I want to use this blog as a scrapbook of our daily life, and share with other momma's the moments of this amazing gift called motherhood. So I look forward to the adventures, and people I meet through sharing our diary with all of you!