Carson Turns 1

Hooray! Carson turned 1 on Oct 10 and the year has just flown by. We had a family birthday party for him and it was lots of fun. I originally wasn't going to do a "theme", but one day while singing "Old Macdonald", Carson started to repeat the "E-I-E-I-O" (though not as clear as that). So - we went with a farm theme.

Here's the invite:

Thanks evite for doing the design work! hehe

Food served was:

Bratwurst and hot dogs

BBQ Bacon beans

BBQ Meatballs

Garden vegetables and dip

Potato salad

Chips

Pig Muck (chocolate pudding w/ crushed up Oreos)

Fishing Pond (blue jello w/ gummy worms and goldfish tied to ends of pretzels as the fishing poles)

Fresh squeezed lemonade

Carson sat with his cousins at his little picnic table (our next door neighbors gave it to us for FREE!)

This is his first time eating Jello and chocolate pudding.
It would be an understatement to say he LOVED it!

Then because Carson loves to dance, we had a little dance party:

Rockin' to the beat - right next to the speaker!

 

The conga line

The cake was milk chocolate cake with cookies n' cream filling, and buttercream frosting.  It was delicious!
The design was a pasture with a fence around it (pretzels for the posts). And a little cow and sheep piggy bank were "grazing".  I had a fabulous idea to do something else, but when it came time to decorate, I was out of time! So this was a quick idea that my mom and sisters helped come up with. And they decorated most of it, too!  Thanks fam!

 

He got some great toys and cute clothes as well. But he had no interest in opening any of them :(  Guess that saves me from wrapping at Christmas time!

 

Happy Birthday, son!  We love you and are so glad to have you in our family. You are a sweet boy, you're a good sleeper all through the night, and you make us laugh every day!