I have yet to blog Rhett's eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve month updates, but his birthday party? Now that I can do! Because it's way more fun to recap a cute party. Especially when the party consists of donuts and drinks at 9:00 in the morning! I'm certain our neighbors appreciated that. 😉
Anyway, I may have decided on a party theme (buffalo plaid)
last December, but I can assure you I didn't start planning until two weeks beforehand and most of my plans came together
two days beforehand. My goal from the get-go was simple. Instead of making an invite, as I have typically done in the past, I bought
one on Etsy. And instead of sending invites via snail mail, I imported the invite into Paperless Post and send it via email. Easy, free, and quick.
Yes, you read that 9am start time correctly. I know, that's crazy early, but hear me out. December is such a busy time of the year and I didn't want to interrupt anyone's weekend holiday-prep plans. I wanted it over and done so people could get on with their days. And besides, I wanted to serve donuts so 9am seemed about perfect. And you know, because we're "cool parents", we also served Bloody Marys, mimosas, and coffee with Bailey's. Because let's be honest. First birthday parties aren't
that fun. Alcohol is generally appreciated.
I ordered the O N E
balloons and
buffalo plaid party supplies from Party City, made the monthly-photo banner, and borrowed all of the tree stumps from
Vanessa. The cake was from Price Chopper, a local grocery store, and I added the burlap banner to the top myself. Donuts (including the ones that spelled HAPPY BIRTHDAY RHETT) were from Daylight Donuts.
The details of a party are always my favorite part and they definitely didn't disappoint!
And yes, I bought a shirt to match the party theme. Because when it's your third and final baby's first birthday, that's just what you do!
Rhett's gift from us was his PB chair. He has no idea that it spells his name, but somehow he knew right away it was his.
I couldn't tell you what anyone else got him because opening gifts with an uninterested 1-year old and about eight interested 3-5 year olds is very stressful. (And oh look--the party guests matched the theme!)
Next and final birthday activity - the smash cake. He loved it, if you can't tell by the next series of photos.
Despite "ending" at 10:30, our neighbors stuck around until after noon. It was a perfect, perfect morning celebrating our baby and exactly what I had envisioned for his donut-serving, buffalo-plaid themed first birthday party.
Happy birthday, Rhetti Pie!
