Nate's First Birthday Party - Part One

We had a little party this week for Nate’s first birthday. We invited family and a few close friends over for a BBQ and swimming to celebrate Nate’s first year of life. My cousins were in town from Virginia so they got to come, too. My Uncle Allan kept telling me the party was partly for me because I survived my first year of motherhood!




We kept the party simple. Food. Swimming. Balloons. Cake & Icecream. That's all ya need to have a good time. I hope everyone had fun but I know Nate did. He loved having his friends and family there to play with him. He was a happy dude the entire night and loved the attention!

We'll start with the yummy part: The Cake! My friend Megan made Nate's little cake and the cupcakes. I love polka dots so that's what we went with. I thought they turned out really cute. Thanks Megan!






Sam was in charge of taking pictures and she did such a good job of taking pictures while Nate was eating his cake that I can tell a full story with the 100 photos she took of just that! So . . . here's a picture of Nate eating his cake. Full story to come on another post! Lets just say he LOVED it.





Here are the cute kiddos eating their cupcakes . . .


Nate's buddy, Hadley


Macie Lee



The Earl boys: Ikey & Noah


SWIMMING. I've always loved a pool party!

The birthday boy enjoying the pool with his dad. He loves these goggles! This picture cracks me up because it's totally him. Such a goofball.


Wes and my cousin, Connor.


Nate's cousin, Abbie


Braden & Connor, cousins


Nate and Abbie playing in the sprinkler toy.


Just hanging out . . .

our good friends, the McDonalds.


Uncle Jerry & my parents with Naters


Tripp & Daisy


BALLOONS. Every kid seems to love balloons.










A sand shovel for all the little ones who came to Nate's party . . .



Nate getting a head start on playing with his new toys! He's one lucky kid to have such nice friends and family.