Carter's 1st Birthday Party

We had so much fun celebrating Carter's first year of life on Sunday afternoon at his baseball-themed birthday party!  I had a lot of fun putting the party together and I was so happy that he had a good time.  I was not sure if he would be overwhelmed with having so many people in our house or not, but he did very well.  And to top it all off, Uncle Kurt offered for us to borrow their bounce house at the last minute and it was a BIG HIT with the kiddos, especially Jenna & Carter.

View of the living room

More living room decorations

I found this cute baseball frame at Target!

Carter's new Jump-o-Lene from Sally, Lee & Jenna

He LOVES it!!!

Happy 1-year old!

Kids' Party Favors

Cupcakes and Baseball Smash Cake

I ordered these cute cupcake toppers from Etsy...

I ordered Carter's baseball birthday hat from Etsy, too!

Dining Room

Menu:
Frito Pie - Chili, Fritos & Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Mini Corndogs with Mustard & Ketchup
Soft Pretzels with Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce
Cracker Jacks
Candy Bars
Cupcakes & Cookies
Water, Lemonade & Limeade


Sally had the idea for this cute menu board

Candy bars next to a picture of the cute birthday boy

Food table in the Dining Room

Our family of three

Carter's monthly photos next to the drinks

Frito Pie bar

Breakfast Room table with a few kid activities

Birthday Cards

The baseball gear on the mantle was Great Grandad Messerschmitt's

Giving Grandpa a big hug!

Playing with Lissy & Grandpa

Carter is so blessed to have four wonderful grandparents!

Lauren & London Plantes

Melissa & Kendall Conklin

Playing on the floor with Tanner Bailey

Great Uncle Mike and Moon Daddy

Kali, Sally & Jenna Mae

Lissy is the best!

Lauren & London and Jenna & Sally

London (4 months)

London watching big boy Carter play with his toys

Grayer's crazy hair from the Jump-o-lene's static!

We LOVE the Armstrongs!!!

Uncle Tanner & Alita came to celebrate with us, too!

Carter & Kendall gazing at each other :)

Buddies

Getting ready for birthday cake!!!

Lighting the candle

Happy Birthday to Carter!

Trying out the cake...

Not so sure what to think about this...

"Oh!  This is kind of fun..."

ICING!

Getting more brave...

I wish I had a birthday every week!

"Wow!  Look at my hands..."

Why is everyone staring at me???

Jenna watched Carter very closely the whole time...

and kept asking if she could have a bite :)

Hi, Mom & Dad!

We absolutely loved celebrating our baby boy with everyone!

Opening presents after getting a little bath...

Lissy helped us write down all the gifts

Puzzle from Kurt, Emily, Ned & Max

Tony the Tug Boat from Betsy

Pop & Go Carnival from Kendall

Cousin Carson

Jenna was a great helper!

Dr. Seuss books from Kim, Kyle, Travis & Amy

A&M Football from Grams & Grandpa

Carter loves trucks...and Uncle Tanner did great on his gift!

Sweet Jenna teaching Carter how to use his new xylophone from Grams & Grandpa

More of the helpers & spectators

Ned helping set-up the bounce house

Ready for some bounce house F-U-N!!!

Jenna Mae jumping away

Jenna & Carter are so sweet together!

It looks like they like it!

Happy 1st Birthday, Carter Lee!

Love. This. Face.

Timberrrrrr!

Busy crawling boy

Even Grandpa got in the bounce house!

Aunt Tara, Carson & Mary Helen (a.k.a. Mama)

Cousins

Grandpa & Carson (6 weeks older than Carter)

Uncle Tanner is always so much fun to play with!

Tanner & Alita

Nana & Lissy

Aunt Tay Tay, Aunt Emily & Cousin Max

Moon Daddy with his grandbabies

I totally forgot about Carter's birthday hat :( So...

we tried it on afterwards!

And he ripped it off in a matter of seconds...

The demolished cake

Thank you to all of our friends & family who came to celebrate with us!  It really was a great day and it would not have been the same without all of you.  Carter is blessed with many people who love him...and so are we!  Thank you to Mom & Sally for helping get everything ready before the party.  I could not have done it without you!

Happy 1st Birthday, Carter Lee!

We love you always & forever!!!

Love,

Mom & Dad