Peanut's 1st Birthday Party ~ Part 1

WARNING: LONG LONG LONG post with TONS of pictures ~

As some of you know this Saturday we celebrated not only our children's dedication but also Peanut's 1st birthday... I of course went all out, pulling out all of the stops for my little Peanut with none other than a BUTTERFLY theme (and as some of you know butterflies are my FAVORITE so it was only natural to do this for her 1st).

For her invitation I wanted to make it elegant while keeping with the theme, with a little help from a good friend I came up with this idea ~

I used the photos from our annual family photos taken by Chariese of RED Photography. This was a front and back kind of invitation.

Then of course I used the theme on the invitation throughout all of the other decorations.

I will first start with all of the custom items I did then move on to the actual pictures from the party. Of course, like Bubba's parties I want to make them memorable for not only my kids but the people that attend; not to show off or anything but because I LIKE to do this! Next to Bubba's Star Wars party this is by far my favorite I have done, mainly for obvious reasons (butterfly theme) but also because this is the first really girly party I have done!

So for the party I obviously made the invitations, banner, highchair banner and some random other butterfly string banners, but I also ventured out and made custom door sign, party favors and matching labels for the bags, cupcake tags and food tent tags, water labels, pom poms (these were made 1 year ago by myself, Auntie Brandi and Auntie Tina for Peanut's baby shower), I also created for the 1st time a 12 month banner with the same saying from her birth announcement. I also created Reesie Pops (upside down Reese's Pieces with an edible butterfly on top ~ this is going to be a new tradition I do for her birthday each year according to the theme). Here are the pictures of all of these items ~

My mom helped with these and came over to help me melt crayons  ~ thanks mom!

Random extra decoration I made... photos taken (almost) 1 year  apart

For the rest of the decorations I of course hired my bestie, Lacy to do the balloons. I found a picture of something that she had never done before and I was just hoping she would want to create it... AND she did! And she did a wonderful job! I wanted butterflies and flowers... she did more than I expected and it turned out WONDERFUL! My other friend Kelli did Peanut's "smash" cake and flowers.

Other decorations & food ~

Pictures taken at 4 days and 1 year by RED Photography

Random string banner I created using my new Cricut!

Party pictures ~

Special birthday girl outfit ~ I WON this for Peanut

Mommy with her kiddos

Birthday Butterfly in her special outfit

Bubba after we caught him running through the house naked (he was looking for his swim suit and not modest at all)

Marshall and Domi ~ Brandi got a hold of my camera

Daddy!

CAKE!

Bubba eyeing the cake

Sharing with Mommy

Peanut sharing with Chariese

Bubba trying to "pretend" he wasn't stealing some cake

He got some

Bath~

Want to wash?

Mommy with Auntie Tina

the mess

PRESENTS ~
We are so thankful to everyone who gave our Peanut a present... she got a lot of clothes which are so sweet; I cannot wait for her to wear them!

Mommy looks more excited than Peanut

ONE happy little birthday butterfly

Sorry for the extremely long post BUT people who could not make it requested LOTS of pictures.

Part 2 will include pictures from RED Photography! So excited for that!