Max's 1st Birthday

My poor baby. He is totally suffering from second child syndrome. With my first child we took her to get photograph every couple months, almost each holiday and planned a big shindig for her first birthday knowing full well she would never remember an of it. I took my son for his newborn pictures and that's about it. In my defense there are a lot more candid daily photos of him than I have of my daughter.
Anyways back to his birthday. We weren't going to do anything big. Probably cake just the four of us but somehow I was planning a family and friends dinner at my place. So my quite night of four turned into an eventful time of like twenty people in less than a week. Last minute I was decorating, finding food and renting tables.
I think everything turned out nice. First we chose Mickey Mouse as his theme because he LOVES the Hot Dog song, also because it would be easy to find stuff. My color pallet was red, yellow and black. Simple. Went to the discount store bought some table covers, streamers and plates poof I was almost done. I did some simple embellishments with ribbon, card stock and glue and voila themed place setting.

Simple touches major effect!

Use what you already have. I made that birdhouse a couple of years ago and it served great as a centerpiece. I also pulled out some Vinyls, cute mugs and other knickknacks to add to the decor.

I decorated the cake table with photos, and favors. One thing I discovered that I thought was neat was a data poster. You can find them on Etsy in all sorts of designs, that include tidbits of your child. Great for a scrapbook or memory box. 

Though the one thing I cant live with out is an awesome statement cake. It really ties the whole party together and again adds to the decor. This cake was made by Two Angel Kisses. They really were a godsend since i basically sent them a picture of the cake I wanted a day or two before I actually needed it. EEEK, my bad! They also did the cookies and everything was delicious. 

So hopefully with these photos Max can look back and not feel completely over looked. Baby boy I promise I'll get better!