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Our boy turns ONE tomorrow!

I had a very emotional week leading up to his party as we finished the process of weaning and it hit me like a ton of bricks that my little baby is no longer a little baby. Glad to have all those feels out of the way.. now onto the partay.

Yesterday afternoon we had our family and friends come over to celebrate our little man. It was such a sweet day – and I loved having our home filled with our closest people. At one point I looked around my house, bursting at the seams, and got teary-eyed taking in all the love and joy surrounding Dwayne Henry. He is loved – more and more everyday.

The party was pretty simple. I was determined to not let it stress me out since my goal for this year was to say no to chaos. So I started gathering decor and supplies over 4 weeks time. I did a practice run of the cupcakes for Mike’s youth group leaders the week before to make sure they weren’t gross.

I picked up a bouquet of flowers and a fruit and veggie tray from Dillons the morning of and spent the Saturday before making the cake, cupcakes, and rice krispies.

Most of the decor came from the dollar tree or target. I bought the sparkly paper at Hobby Lobby and cut out the words on my mom’s cricut. The cupcake liners were from amazon, so were the lollipop sticks and mini clothespins for the pictures on the shutters.

I made the cake stands from cake plates and a candle votive, both from the dollar tree. So yes, that’s two cake plates for $4. WINNING.

The wooden cheese tray that has Dwayne’s cake on it was a gift from my parents. They bought it in Napa.

The paper goods, invitations, cupcake toppers, and thank you cards came from Etsy shop NoFussPrint. I ordered the Woodland Animal Themed cards and I LOVED them. It was super simple and I could customize them on my own and printed them at Office Depot.

Dwayne didn’t get a great nap before the party so he was pretty tired before the guests even arrived. Thank goodness this sweet boy knows how to rally because his mood turned right around.

His first reaction to the cake and singing was a little overwhelmed – but once I cut him his own piece we couldn’t get him to stop!

It was such a fun day and I would say that my first birthday party was a success. I am glad we only have to host it once a year though! We are so blessed by this boy, thanks for following along!

Happy Day!

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Oh man, 11 months is F U N!

EAT

Dwayne is eating so well. He eats all sorts of solid foods now and per the pediatricians instruction he’s still nursing/having a bottle 7 times a day. I attempted to reintroduce dairy again last week on vacay and it did not go as planned – it did go better than last time though so progress!

SLEEP

Right now in this moment sleep is optional at our house. But give us a few days and more time away from dairy and I think we’ll be back to sometimes sleeping through the night and sometimes waking just once to eat. I’m hopeful. And delerious.

PLAY

I feel like I’ve been saying this for months but he is SO close to walking. He has taken one step, one time that we know of. He plays peek-a-boo, shows us he’s “so big”, rolls it all the time, dances, and giggles constantly. He’s a really happy baby and we feel so blessed by his good mood. Even though he isn’t walking yet he still gets around really quick.

We made this video for a giveaway on instagram a few weeks back, but since we didn’t win the random drawing I’m just happy we have this sweet memory of how Dwayne got around as a baby.

As I type this we are less than a month away from having a 1 year old! This is another one of those “I can’t believe it, but it’s definitely been longer than that” moments. We are so blessed by this little boy in our lives and we love watching him grow.

Thanks for following along!

Happy Day!