durham's first birthday!

 (so i wrote this post a month ago, and i was planning on adding more pictures from a different camera but that camera has failed to produce...so here is durham's party over a month ago!)


happy first birthday sweet durham!!!

we actually had his party 10 days ago since we had several family members in town! it was so relaxing just having family, his godparents and nanny at our house to celebrate him!  plus, the weather was absolutely wonderful!

i decided to use golds and oranges with black and cream chevron and polka dots as the decor...with mccoy, i always tend to use teals and greens and oranges, so it was nice to change it up! 

our sunroom...

the birthday boy and me!

i had decided to put pictures of durham's first year everywhere...i started with a clothesline of twine to display a 5x7 of each month...this was so hard picking out just one picture to represent a month, but i loved how they turned out...

months 1 and 2

3 and 4

5 and 6

7 and 8

9 and 10

11 and 12

i also decided to have a photo booth...i collected all of these funny faces and mustaches...my brother sent me a whole package of stuff off of etsy...unfortunately, we all got so busy talking and having fun that we forgot to take any photos...but i did manage to have my dad take durham and mine's photo before the party started!

i love this sweet guy...such a ham!

papa and durham

the food set up...we decided to go for more of a southern theme...brisket, cornbread salad, shrimp salad, tea sandwiches...

 

yum yum!

ashlee, his nanny...she has been such a blessing in our lives! 

mommy and the boys

everyone came to town including uncle p

durham's godmother, lynne

the birthday cake!  i had so much fun making this...and i am not a baker!  we never really ever have any baked goodies around the house, but for some reason, i love making the boy's birthday cakes!

i guess the candle got his attention...

 

first bite!

sadly, this is were my other camera took over and i can not seem to find it....oh well!