Sunday, March 24, 2013

Happy First Birthday, Boom Boom & Pow!!!


Don't cry because it's over. 
Smile because it happened! 
                                                  ~Dr. Seuss



Our little Boom Boom and Pow are ONE! Can you believe it?? They really do grow up wayyyyy too fast:( We had a blast on their first birthday...Andy took off work, and I took a half-day. We met up with Mmmie K and Daddy Mike at California Dreaming for lunch (dabomb.com), took them to get their first haircuts. We ended the day at Dippin' Dots!

The actual party was the following Saturday. We did our favorite...a Dr. Seuss theme! The planning was originally for a simple party, but Pinterest abducted my soul and made me feel like I was at a carnival when all was said and done. Lol. I basically designed everything in Photoshop and printed it myself...saved a TON of money. It was better than I ever could have imagined...we had family and friends come from all over! A great time was had by all!

Untillll...Baney had a meltdown during the cake smash. Refer to picture below. ;) Anderson could care less, he was so jacked up on cake and Kool Aid that he was doing face-plants into the presents.

If anyone still reads my blog, thank you SO much for coming...it means the world to us! Lots of pictures below!




Eating lunch on A&B's first bday!

Mmmie K and Daddy Mike
Anderson hair before, curls and rat tail

Baney hair before, mullet

Baney not so sure about that comb

This must have been before he grabbed her scissors

My sweet boys!

Such a ham

Grabbing a boob

Baney after!
Flirts

Baney's first bite of Dippin' Dots!
Anderson's first bite of Dippin' Dots!

Best invention ever



Begging for more Dippin' Dots

Sweet boy

Tomorrow's lesson: Being kind to others

Birthday Party friends!

Birthday Party Friends!

Blowing out the candle

Anderson, jacked up on cake and Kool Aid

Face plant #1

Presents!

Eating their new sprinkler

Fighting over presents

Pow wanted to get in the bags

Boom Boom wanted in on the bag too

Face plant #2


Party favors!


I dressed them up in the same outfits from their newborn pictures and we had a photoshoot...so much fun!

Gumball guessing game!

We had all of the party guests write a message in each of their books...they will enjoy reading them for years to come!

Boom Boom and Mmmie K

Hop on Pop popcorn

New Blue Goo, blue rice krispy treats. Well, they were supposed to be blue.

The beautiful cake! Made locally in Augusta if anyone wants her contact info:)

Green Eggs & Ham, pretzels with white chocolate and m&ms.
Cat in the Hat, strawberries & marshmallows on lollipop sticks


Three Cheese Trees, cheese cubes in foam cone with toothpicks

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish...Blue Jello with Swedish Fish in the middle. However, will put them on top next time because the fish dissolved!
The Lorax Cookies, Nutter Butters decorated with frosting

This is my coworker...we were both preggo with twin boys at SAME time! She had them two weeks before Boom Boom & Pow...crazy

Our sweet niece

The Sistas with Boom Boom and Pow!

Fun with the Aunts

Aunt Bizbet and Boom Boom

Aunt Bizbet singing Baney his favorite song...from Annie. Lol!

Anderson and Pawpaw!
Cake smash!

Sweet A and Daddy

Bday Banner

Photos of them with family & friends, bday hats I made, jumbo cupcakes for cake smash, and framed bday invitation

Table set up

Anderson's pics, one from each month since born
Baney's pics, one from each month since born
Anderson and their cousin Morgan

Baney Bop
We have a mischievous one on our hands...

"One I Am" shirts made by a friend of mine...Sew Super Cute on FB!

Family pic
Morganism, Aunt KK, and Birthday Boys

Cakes

Loving his cupcake
Meltdown
Meltdown...I don't think he liked everyone staring at him!
Letting all of their balloons go...to honor two very special boys!
Passed out before getting out of driveway...my work here is done:)

13 comments:

AnotherDreamer said...

Wow, you did a fantastic job! It looks like it was so much fun, and simply awesome!

Love seeing the photos of the boys too- my, how they've grown!

Carrie said...

I don't even know where to begin. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this party theme!!! How in the world did you have the time to do all of that..times 2!? I totally want to do this for Pearce's next b-day! All of the pictures were so, so cute! Isn't it so hard to believe that a year has gone by? But the Dr. Seuss quote you used at the beginning of this post is a perfect thing to remember. There is just so much to look forward to! Happy Birthday boys!!!

Shanny said...

Happy 1st birthday to your adorable boys!

You did a wonderful job, love the theme and decor and all the little details ;)

Anonymous said...

You are a wonderful nurse, I am sure! If you ever want to give it up you and Andy could plan parties and make a fortune.
Best Birthday Party EVER!

Anonymous said...

Jessica, the last comment was from me. Andrea

Rebecca said...

No clue where you found all the time to plan then throw such a wonderful First birthday party for your boys but I'm glad you had many photos taken. Hope that some day they look back and appreciate all the effort you put into it.

Sarah said...

Oh my WORD! This party looks amazing! Great job! Happy Birthday boys!

Jos said...

Wow, that looks like a seriously awesome party! Happy belated bday boys!!

Also, this is making me feel like I should give Stella a hair cut - she is totally in mullet mode lately!

KC said...

Yeah, so great to see the boys and happy belated birthday to them!!!!! What a year, they are so handsome and look like real characters. Thanks for posting, I check your blog often hoping to see something.

Jessica said...

Thank you!

Jessica said...

Thanks so much! It took aboutttt 3 months to plan, lol. Feel free to copy...it was so much fun!

Jessica said...

Thanks everyone!

Shannon said...

Holy toledo! What an amazing party for A&B! I love it!!!!!! My little munchkin is obsessed with Dr. S already at 6 months. He destroys anything in his path to get to his books. We will probably do a bday party for him like this but I don't think I could EVER pull off all this wonderful goodness! i may have to put you on retainer as a consultant! :) So happy for you guys. Can you believe it? After everything, your sweet precious angels are already ONE. I love it.