In the time that I was away, our little man celebrated his first birthday! We had a fun day. While I was hoping to have his party in our new house, it ended up being our last shebang at the old place. It was a nice way to leave the old house behind. We had a Mickey Mouse birthday for Isaiah this year. I had so much fun creating his decorations and planning the big event. In the end, it felt more like a party for mommy's hard work than it did for Isaiah! We had a great evening celebrating with our family and friends. Isaiah is so blessed to have so many wonderful people in his life that love, care, and pray for him!!!!
On to the fun stuff...
In November of 2011 we went to Florida for a family wedding. While we were down there, my aunt and uncle spoiled us with a trip to Disney!! It was Isaiah's (2 months at the time) and Ben's first time going. We had such a blast! From that time on, I knew I wanted to throw him a Mickey party. We all have to get our inspiration from somewhere... for his party, most of these ideas were found on Pinterest. I just added my "Leah" touch to them!
Isaiah's smash cake: bought it at wal-mart, added some oreo ears and sprinkled it with crushed oreos. I also made 48 of these Mickey cupcakes found on Pinterest. (I did not cut the oreos to make smaller ears, why create more work for yourself?!?!?)
For the food and drinks, I used my wonderful Cricut to create these cute characters...
Along with the characters that labeled our food, I made a few more special decorations for Zaiah.
I think he liked it! The hard work is all worth that smile right there!!!
I had way too much fun using my Cricut making these banners!!! When I went to Party City to order his balloons, ok I don't know how to make those yet ;), I was excited when I found balloons with his name on them!!!
The last thing that I made was a photo timeline banner. I saw the idea from a lady's blog that I follow when she posted about her son's first birthday party.
On Isaiah's actual birthday 9/11, he opened his gifts from mommy and daddy. My parents, sister-in-law, and niece came over to help us celebrate. (It was a special treat because my brother and his family live in Montana!!!)
