I went back and forth about a million times on figuring out what I wanted to do for Collins' first birthday. Go big? Stay small? Family only? Two parties, one for family one for friends? Seriously. It was exhausting. Mikey and I talked about it quite a bit...but in the end, decided to GO BIG.
The sad thing is, my main reservations for going big were because I was scared people would judge, think it was ridiculous, etc. But, you know what...oh well! I've come to realize (I mean I have known this, but you know what I mean)...EVERYONE and their mother has their own opinion about things (including myself) and in the end you just have to do what YOU want.
The baptism brunch was family only, and while it was wonderful...I am super close with my friends and want them a part of my family's life. So, that ruled out family only. And just to be point blank, Mikey and I have a lot of friends...and this is NEVER a bad thing. But, we do. And not just "friends"...but we have a big group that we are very close with. There's no way I could have done the whole "only inviting friends with kids thing" either because some of my VERY best friends don't have kids and they let me know they wanted to be there:-) So...here we are, about to throw a first birthday party for probably 50+ adults and 20+ kids...and I couldn't be more excited. Every single person that will be in attendance is a special part of our life and we want Collins to know and love all the people that are special to us.
We all know that first birthday parties are for the parents anyways. It's a time to celebrate us as parents for MAKING it a whole year ... it's a pretty big deal ;-) Who knows where the big, fancy tradition of having huge first birthday parties came from...but I'm totally game. It's just something about the FIRST one that makes me feel like I want to go all out and include EVERYONE that we love. More than likely, after this...birthday invitations will be addressed to children only, but for the time being I am just going to ENJOY throwing a huge fiesta for my little girl. I mean, everyone loves a good excuse to party, right? Or is that just me?
I just want Collins to be able to look back at the pictures and see how much of my heart was poured into making sure her birthday was special and knowing how many people came to support and love her and us.
Itmay will be pure chaos. It may be a disaster. (if the weather doesn't cooperate). It will be fun, stressful, and exciting. But, it's our party and we can do what we want. Right?
The invitations :-) And no worries, this was before my fabulous graphic desinger changed the ' in her name... Erica Billingsly with Billingsley designs, awesome work!
The temperature keeps on creeping down...dang it. Cheers to a SUPER FUN first birthday party for my baby girl!
xoxo.
The sad thing is, my main reservations for going big were because I was scared people would judge, think it was ridiculous, etc. But, you know what...oh well! I've come to realize (I mean I have known this, but you know what I mean)...EVERYONE and their mother has their own opinion about things (including myself) and in the end you just have to do what YOU want.
The baptism brunch was family only, and while it was wonderful...I am super close with my friends and want them a part of my family's life. So, that ruled out family only. And just to be point blank, Mikey and I have a lot of friends...and this is NEVER a bad thing. But, we do. And not just "friends"...but we have a big group that we are very close with. There's no way I could have done the whole "only inviting friends with kids thing" either because some of my VERY best friends don't have kids and they let me know they wanted to be there:-) So...here we are, about to throw a first birthday party for probably 50+ adults and 20+ kids...and I couldn't be more excited. Every single person that will be in attendance is a special part of our life and we want Collins to know and love all the people that are special to us.
We all know that first birthday parties are for the parents anyways. It's a time to celebrate us as parents for MAKING it a whole year ... it's a pretty big deal ;-) Who knows where the big, fancy tradition of having huge first birthday parties came from...but I'm totally game. It's just something about the FIRST one that makes me feel like I want to go all out and include EVERYONE that we love. More than likely, after this...birthday invitations will be addressed to children only, but for the time being I am just going to ENJOY throwing a huge fiesta for my little girl. I mean, everyone loves a good excuse to party, right? Or is that just me?
I just want Collins to be able to look back at the pictures and see how much of my heart was poured into making sure her birthday was special and knowing how many people came to support and love her and us.
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The invitations :-) And no worries, this was before my fabulous graphic desinger changed the ' in her name... Erica Billingsly with Billingsley designs, awesome work!
The temperature keeps on creeping down...dang it. Cheers to a SUPER FUN first birthday party for my baby girl!
xoxo.
I say do whatever you want! It's your life and your child. It'll be a fun time I am sure. You better take pictures and blog about it. Duh.
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