A Winter Onederland

This past weekend we celebrated Sam's first birthday! Folks, it was a ton of work - and G and I were absolutely exhausted by the end of the day.

Party invite. I ordered a custom invitation suite off Etsy, and printed the invites at Staples and other paper supplies at home. Here's the link to the Etsy shop . It was great working this shop and her turnaround was super quick. 

  

Homemade milestone sign.

Hot chocolate bar for the 21+ crowd. We also had a satellite hot chocolate station in the garage for the kiddos with extra large marshmallows, chocolate chips, and gummy bear mix-ins.

Found this idea on Pinterest (of course) - I printed 25 photos at Walgreen's and used most to create a number one filled with photos of Sam's first year. I attempted to use shots that hadn't made their way to social media.

My guys. I ordered Sam's "1" shirt off Etsy. 

  

Singing Happy Birthday. The whole time we sang Sam just stared at his Grammy (my mom) to his right. Apparently he believed they were singing for her.

  

"What do I do with this?"

My family. Love my aunt Sis in the background with her sweet smile. She is the best!

He got into it.

Lil' smurf.

The aftermath of his smash cake.

Opening presents! Sam was interested in the envelopes.

After his cake, Sam was covered in frosting. We did a quick change prior to opening his gifts and much to my hubby's chagrin, I pulled out his Patriots jacket (a hand-me-down) in honor of the AFC championship game. I couldn't zip it over Sam's (lil?) belly!

Most of these photos are from my bestie and Sam's Auntie Lavie Jaime. J, her bf, and Sam's other auntie J gave Sam this amazing new truck. HE LOVES IT. I had to get a shot of his sports car next to his truck - he loves both of these vehicles!

Cruising in his truck.

  

Shot of the hot chocolate bar.

Party favors - hot cocoa to go! A packet of hot chocolate, mini-marshmallows, hershey's kisses, and a candy cane stirrer. 

Custom water-bottle labels from the Etsy suite. 

We had exactly 50 people in this lil' house. We were thrilled with the party - so happy that so many friends and family celebrated with us! We made it through a year. That is cause to celebrate!!