a St Louis Cardinals Baseball Birthday

It was quite an adventure…this birthday party of his. He requested the theme back in December, at Ellie’s birthday party, because they ALWAYS pick their birthday theme at each party, of course!

I worked on it here and there all month, ordered everything ahead of time, bought the balloons and even bought the cake. We were all ready to go Friday night, when the dreaded happened. 12:30 in the morning brought Jackson a stomach bug that lasted all day the next day.

Jack on Saturday

Jackson got to look at his balloons while he was chilling out though.

First we changed it Friday to our house (it was for Saturday) because it looked like it was going to be pretty windy and it was supposed to be at the park. Then when he got sick, we changed it to Sunday after church still at our house and then debated back and forth whether or not just to cancel it, but in the end we had it and are really glad we did.  When we woke up it was raining, (and later hailing),  and we warned everyone ahead of time in case they didn’t want to risk getting anyone sick, and we were surprised of the turn out! Our balloons were dead but Jackson even got surprised with some new ones!

Thank you friends and family who were able to make it (and risk our little sick guy!) and celebrate with us. We love you!

Here’s our pretty balloons yesterday before they went flat. I did the St Louis Logo on them with vinyl stickers and my cutter

I freezer paper stenciled the back to look like a jersey and I did a felt applique on the front.

 

Baby pictures and baseballs made up this birthday banner

I did the Sugar Cookie Flooding technique on 64 of these bad boys. It took me two days but I think they turned out so nice. Tied with a strip of baseball fabric and a red twine tag on a tag I printed out. They taste good too 

The entry way

The candy was even “red bird” brand in the bucket. I used current and baby pictures to decorate and threw in some cracker jacks on a baseball print fabric. The red and yellow logo bags were made from the dollar store and some vinyl stickers. They were used as favor bags for the kids and the pinata.

Food pictures:

The hot dogs were so easy, we wrapped the buns in foil and put them in to warm and the hot dogs cooked while we were at church. Since we had less than 15 minutes to prepare after walking in from church, I think it was a success!

Picnic pack of condiments from Sam’s club

I saw this idea on pinterest and loved it. Cupcake liners (baseball of course) held the ice cream ahead of time for easy serving when it was cake time!

Birthday boy’s meager lunch

For the pinata, let me just say *an obvious by the way* do not use fabric and mod podge, even if you patch the fabric on. It makes it VERY solid! The kids all had a turn hitting it though 

  

The crew waiting for their pinata prizes

Some party goers 

  

Gift opening, with lots of help

And cake time!

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Happy Birthday JJ!

Three years ago, I had my sweet, blonde hair, blue eyed baby Jackson in my arms. Happy Birthday Jackson!

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Happy 2nd Birthday Jackson!

Baby, two years ago today, you were born.

One year ago, I couldn't believe how big you had grown.

And today, you never cease to amaze me.

Thank you God for blessing us with our sweet Jackson. We love him so much and enjoy watching him grow each day! Just keep guiding us in raising him to love you, God. Thank you for his health, his intelligence, his sense of humor, his sensitivity and his love. Keep him safe and watch over him as he continues to grow up before our eyes! Thank you God for our family.

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Alligator Party!

My little guy doesn't have a lot to say, but one thing he likes is alligators, and he lets us know! Its actually really cute how he says it, just dont ask him to say it...because he wont. It has to be on HIS terms.

So we decided to throw a little family party last night for his birthday tomorrow. The theme was...alligators!

I made this shirt with both applique and freezer paper stencil:

 Modelling it before the party started:

Then I did a bib. Chenille front, cordouroy back. 

Testing it out at dinner:

We didnt do all the decorations this time. I kept it simple with this banner I made and the fun part is, it can go in his room too!

The food was really good. My husband's hobby is smoking meat, so he took care of the big parts. He smoked pork for pulled pork sandwiches and did beans and coleslaw. I did mac and cheese from my friend's recipe who was super gracious enough to share it with me (and help me make it over the phone!) and we kept drinks simple with water, kool aid and sweet tea. My mother in law made a yummy  layer salad, some fruit kabobs with fruit snacks on the end which were a huge hit with the boys for sure, and an awesome alligator shaped dip. It tasted great and looked fun! She was such a huge help!

The most fun part of getting ready for our boys' birthdays is making the cake for it. Micah and I always do it together, and its always an adventure. Here is Jackson's cake.

This is what we started with:

a bundt cake, cupcakes, mini cupcakes and a sheet cake. Then we just started cutting until we got this shape:

And blowing out the candles....twice ya know, since he is turning two!

So thats about it! I will have more pictures from the party on our family blog soon. Thank you to our family for coming over and helping us celebrate the blessing that Jackson is in our lives! It means so much to us to know how much you love our little guy and he loves you all too!

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