Happy Thursday, y'all!
How's your week progressing?
My brother is happily married as of last Saturday, and after that full weekend of wedding prep & the actual ceremony, we've kinda taken this week to recover & get into the normal rhythm of life again. I apologize for missing the Name post Monday. . . I left my computer at my brother's house the week before the wedding & haven't had the chance to grab it. heheh
But I'm back now, and sharing some of my favorite photos from Gabe's first birthday party! (FINALLY) I can't take credit for these---my sister Jenny was behind the camera (she also posted these on her Instagram: @space.cookie). But I did make his cake! (below)
The plastic dinos I used to decorate on the white frosting were found at the Dollar Tree---25 dinos for $1!!
I picked up these two ceramic dinosaurs in the clearance section at Hobby Lobby (my favorite store on earth---besides bookstores, of course ;D). They were $1 each as well, but the brontosaurus was missing his tail, and the triceratops's horns were broken. Jen crafted new tail & horns from air-drying clay & painted them---no one had a clue they were broken! Did I mention my sister is SO TALENTED??
Pinterest is my GO-TO. I loved the idea of these pudding cups, labeled 'Prehistoric Dirt.' xD
My mum-in-law shaped the fruit tray---it was PERFECT!
My dear mum brought the 'Herbivore' food: any green veggie she could find! It was great! I especially loved the edemame (soy) beans---SO tasty.
I couldn't find a photo of the cookies without the plastic! My other sister Julia made those sugar cookies, and used a larger dino to make footprints. They were delish! (The 'Dinosaur Bones' were actually chocolate-covered pretzels. Must not have a pic of those either, heheh)
I had t-shirts made for Evan, Gabe, & I. LOVED how they turned out!
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| photo creds: mum-in-law <3 |
Gabe quite enjoyed eating the "dirt". xD
Fun at the pool!
And gift time! Needless to say, he enjoyed the packing & tissue paper best. ;D
It was such a fun party! And we had many family & friends come. So grateful for all they mean to us.
I still can't believe my little boy is ONE YEAR OLD.
Here's to many more, my little man!
<3 <3 <3
I still can't believe my little boy is ONE YEAR OLD.
Here's to many more, my little man!
<3 <3 <3
HE'S SO CUTE!!!!
ReplyDelete*^ - ^* Awww, thank you! He sure is! <333
DeleteAWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!! THIS IS SO PRECIOUS. You did AMAZING putting this together. I definitely love the "prehistoric dirt" and the T-SHIRTS. ADORBZ. And of course Gabe himself is the most adorable thing of ever. DAT LAST PIC. <333 Looks like it was fun for all! Thank you for sharing these!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to little Gabe! AND congrats to your brother! So many exciting things! ^_^
Thanks, girl!! *^ - ^* I definitely couldn't have done it without the help of my sisters, dear friend, mum, & mum-in-law, though. ^^ We had a blast! And almost all of our family could make it, so sweet.
DeleteThank you, dear lady! It's all definitely so exciting <333
I CAN NOT believe Gabe is already a year old!! Happy Birthday to him :) I haven't been able to read your blog as much as I would like since I started dental school, but I'm so glad to see posts like these. As potentially creepy as it sounds haha, I love hearing about your family's life ever since I discovered you and your sisters' other blog (Maidens of Virtue) years ago!
ReplyDeleteBut anyway, enough of my weirdness. Y'all are such a sweet family :))
Awww, you are the SWEETEST! And I KNOW---it's just plain CRAZY how fast time flies. Thanks, girlie! I understand too---I've not been able to read hardly ANY of the blogs I follow, and it saddens me! I don't think it's creepy in any way either! You've hung around for so long!! I had no idea---but I greatly appreciate it. I love seeing life-y posts like this on other blogs, and I don't think I post the "real" things as often as I should. Maybe that's something I can change. ;D Thank you! And I totally do NOT think you weird. Your comment made my day!
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