Grayson's Party

Grayson's first birthday party was in Dallas where most of our family lives.  He was celebrated with about 40 of our closest friends and family, and the amount of gifts he received was overwhelming.  Our sweet boy is so loved, and we are reminded of it over and over again.  His party was a baseball theme, and I used many ideas that we found on Pinterest. 

The beautiful cake, mini corn dogs, cotton candy, pretzels & peanuts

Popcorn varieties

Grayson's smash cake

Tasty Margaritas!

Cute banner

Banner of each month's picture

Close up

Fun with Auntie Jessie

Playing with Auntie Pavi's phone

Ready for birthday cake

P had to coax him into trying it - we have a picky eater

We tried to get Gray to sit and open gifts...

but he just wanted to walk around with his new things

Lessons learned:
-Cooking dinner for that many people takes a while, and is quite hot for the men who are in charge of the grill - maybe a nice afternoon party with cake and ice cream would be better next time!
-The cake eating portion may not be as fun as you imagined - and ours ended up with a quick trip to the bathtub. 
-That many people means a LOT of presents - my goodness, I was not expecting the pile of gifts that he received!!  It takes a long time to open that many presents!
BUT, I would do it over again in a heartbeat.  We had a good time and enjoyed everyone's company.  We were thankful for all of the family that flew in from Minnesota and D.C.!  Grayson seemed to love every minute of it.