party like it's 1999

I've been prepping for some little girl's 2nd birthday party! Crazy, I know. Surely, Livingston is not turning 2.  I've been thinking through the last year or so of parties.  I'm in LOVE with planning parties and sometimes go overboard.  I've learned the hard way that sometimes too much planning can get in the way of enjoying the reason we are celebrating.  So I've learned to do what I can and let it be.  

These are some of the parties we've had lately:

Leland's 7th and Fynn's 4th Birthday

 Construction theme was a score with the boys and easy to execute.

 We are blessed to have our own amazing and creative baker, Aunt Nina!

Seriously, isn't this cake amazing. 

 The good thing about construction theme is we had tons of everyday toys laying around to use. 

Making the kids a space is one of my favorite parts to decorate.  

Evy's 4th Birthday

This was a Tea Party theme and it was all very girly.  

I loved decorating with ribbons, hankies and lace table cloths.

 We even had a little table set up with a tea set for them.

 I got to pull out all my crystal, vintage tea cups and my Nanny's tea pot. 

Leland's 6th Birthday 

Making invites are pretty easy for me because I just get pictures I want and use photoshop to do the rest. The kids get a kick out of them and the grandparents love them.  : )

Gender Reveal Party

Little did everyone know that what the pinata was stuffed with was...BLUE!

It's fun getting creative and celebrating key moments in your families life.

Maggie Ann's Sprinkle

 We love celebrating babes in our family!

For my sister's 3rd little dear, we had a small sprinkle in the back room of a little 

restaurant downtown. I used some girly things and tied in umbrellas and rain boots!

Livingston's 1st Birthday

 Here is Liv's party table and decorations.  I used burlap, a bunch of clearanced valentines decorations and her pictures from every month of her first year. 

Another amazing cake from Nina. 

A lot of times, I just find something I like to use as the toppers for their cakes....

something I print out, a toy or scrapbook supplies. Whatever works to make it personalized and make them happy.

That is my favorite...watching them giggle with glee and feel celebrated!

So excuse me while I kick this birthday party into fabulousness! 

Then I'll need to nap for 3 days to recover, as always.

: )

The Birthday Bash (only a month late)

Well, better late than never. 

Here is Miss Livingston in all her FIRST birthday glory.

It was quite a party and she had a blast. 

We had it at our church's play place. 

This was her invite:

 I tried to have foods for the kids and adults. 

 This is her smash cake and then the cupcakes we had for everyone else. 

 I got cheap Valentines decor and supplies after the holidays so we went with a Sweetheart theme.

 Our family!!!

 You can see the smash cake better here...ombre style. 

Thanks, Aunt Nina!

 Big sis getting her grub on.

 Hey Uncle Scott.

 These cupcakes were soo cute.

 And they tasted good too.

 The whole table view. I just used brown craft paper and red burlap ribbon from Hobby Lobby.

 The kids table. I loved how the little gift bags turned out. 

 Mommy and the birthday girl.

 I knew the older siblings and cousins would play, but I never knew how much fun she'd have. 

 Big brother taking some time for his baby sis.

 Opening presents.

Daddy and Liv... he's trying to keep her from grabbing the candle.

 And here comes the cake.

 I think she likes it.

 Forget using my hands, I'll just dive right in.

 HaHa! : )

This is my fav!

 Nana and Papaw with their girl.

 Papa and Key with the birthday girl. 

 Grandaddy Jeff, Daddy and Liv.

 Aunt Lynn and Liv.

 Grandaddy Herman and Granny with worn out baby.

You can tell this is near the end of the party.

Aunt GiGi and Livingston.

Wish I had gotten everyone else, but I was a little busy. 

I should write another post on how traumatic this party was on me. 

The important thing is that we celebrated the precious first year of our girl 

and believe me she PARTIED HARD!