Ethan's First Birthday Party

This past weekend we had Ethan's first birthday party! It was a Milk and Cookies theme, and we had a lot of fun! I designed and made the invitations, baked all the cookies, iced and decorated Ethan's little cake, and made the banner and table decorations, but I left the big cake up to the pros! My parents came up for the weekend (my in-laws decided not to come), and we invited a couple of neighbors, Ethan's babysitter, and our pastors. Unfortunately, Ethan's babysitter had to cancel at the last minute due to a prison ministry she's involved in, and our pastors were just no-shows (despite telling me on Tuesday they'd be coming, so that was weird), but our small crowd was still just perfect! This post will be very picture-heavy, but first a few of my favorite moments that weren't quite captured on film:

- Ethan's two neighborhood friends came, and the one who is just 10 days younger than Ethan was put into Ethan's little wagon. Ethan walked over and began pulling him around in it! Too cute!!!
- Ethan's older friend (who will be 3 on Tuesday) wasn't guarding his cookies carefully enough, so Ethan walked over to him and began trying to bite the cookies out of his hand!
- When we put Ethan on the dining room table amidst his treats, he discovered the cake behind him, reached back, and pulled off a cookie!

Those are just a few of the moments I want to make sure I don't forget! Between the sugar and all the people, Ethan seemed a bit overwhelmed afterwards, and he nursed for a good long while to settle back down before we went out to dinner. All in all, I'm really happy with how it all turned out! And now on to the pictures!

The Invitations:



The Set-up:


The Milk:



The Cookies:


The Cake:



The Banner:



The Birthday Boy:






The Attendees:






Ethan's Cake:







Birthday Gifts:






Final Poses: