Lil Monster 1st birthday party!

We had so much fun at Keaton's 1st birthday party! Thank you to all the family and friends that came to the party.  My mom and I had so much fun setting up all the decorations and Keaton had such a great day.  He usually takes one nap a day from 12-2:00, but the day of his birthday we put him down for a nap around 9:00 in the morning to see if we could get him to at least sleep for an hour.  The party was from 11-1:00 so we knew he wouldn't really get his afternoon nap.  He ended up sleeping until about 10:30 which was perfect!  Then he powered through the rest of the day without a nap and didn't get to fussy. 

I bought a monster package from Etsy and that was the inspiration for most of the decoration. 

I got the cake for the guests at Indy Cakes and they did a great job!  My friend Leslie made Keaton's smash cake and it was so CUTE!!

We mostly decorated the kitchen/dining room area, but also threw some balloons in the living room.  I took weekly photos of Keaton during his first year and I had those printed and displayed them in the foyer so guests could look at all 52 photos when they walked in.  I loved looking back through his first year!!

The rest of the day was spent BBQ'ing, playing monster toss, hitting the pinata, opening gifts and eating cake.  We couldn't have asked for better weather and we had such a blast celebrating our little man!!

Drew has really good monster painting skills!

Adler gave Keaton a hug and it was so cute! 

Only 20 more years before you can enjoy that beverage, buddy...haha!!

 

 



 

 

This was Keaton's reaction to the pinata!  Priceless!

 

 

Keaton enjoyed his cake too!  My mom made the ribbon garland to go around the highchair.  It was a nice touch!

 

 

I saw this great idea to make an over sized Polaroid picture frame on this blog that I follow. She did it for her son's first birthday so I had Drew make one for us!  It was so fun to get everyone to take pictures to document Keaton's first birthday. 

 

 

The adopt a monster station was a hit!  My Nana and Aunt Barbara crocheted all these monsters for favors.  The kids loved them!

 

 





After all the guests left Keaton enjoyed running around the house playing with all the balloons!

Holy cow, I guess we have a toddler now!  Time to start planning his next birthday...just kidding!  (well sort of!)

Our little monster is turning one!!

Planning for Keaton's party is well underway and my mom and I are having so much fun!  Our theme is  "little monsters" and I got my inspiration from this party.  Drew and I realized that a first birthday is more about us as the parents making it through the first year...haha!  I know Keaton isn't going to remember all these details, but I love throwing a themed party and can't help myself!!  We are going to do a BBQ at our house with a few friends and family.  It should be a great day!

The invitation I got is from this Etsy shop. (I blocked out our address, because this is the Internet!)

 

My mom is creating monsters similar to what is on the invite and I started to get the beverage station ready!  The punch bowl is for white sangria for the adults...haha!

We are going to have an "adopt a monster" station for kids to take home and my Nana and Aunt Barbara crocheted all of these monsters!  They were so nice to make these for the kids!!

I can't wait to see all the final details come together and will post pictures after the party!

Swim lessons

We started swim lessons with Keaton back in April and he loves the water!!  We really want him to be comforable in the water since Drew and I love swiming, and the lake so much.  He was the only baby that didn't cry when we got his head wet and put his ears under water.  :)  He's our little water baby!  We took lessons for about 4 months and can't wait to start back up next summer!

My big boy!

Holy cow, I almost have a toddler and not an infant any more.  The past 3 months have flown by and my little boy is growing up!  He started walking around 9 months and now he full on runs everywhere.  My favorite time of the day is when we tell him it is bath time and he takes off running down the hall and goes to the bath tub!

He understands quite a few words now and loves saying "HI" to the dog every morning.  Penny still doesn't really like him but he loves chasing after her and trying to grab her fur.  Keaton cracks up every time she brushes by him or goes up and smells his face.  He LOVES playing outside and picking up sticks and leaves. 

 

8 months old!

Update in pictures!

I have been horrible at updating the blog even though I have been taking a ton of pictures of Keaton.  Most of these are from March!  He is officially 7 months old on April 2nd.  Wow!

He's trying so hard...

Keaton is trying so hard to sit up on his own.  It is so cute!! Building those ab muscles.

We started feeding him fruit and rice cereal.  Not sure he loves it but I'm sure he will in time!

We may be teething!

Keaton is chewing anything and everything he can get his hands on!  I had some mesh feeders that are used to put food in, but I put an ice cube in it and he loved it!!  I can tell he is uncomfortable and I hope it doesn't last too long.