On Saturday morning, we headed out to Reagan's FIRST birthday party! Reaggie's mom, Stephanie, went to Elon and we had several education classes together. Steph and I have enjoyed having lunch together a few times with the kids and catching up.
It was, BY FAR, the nicest first birthday party I have ever been to. Steph thought of every thing. I swear, it was like it was a party thrown by a professional.
Let me back up a bit....
Being the incredibly smart woman I am, I thought the party started at 10:00. I figured out that I entered the party into my iCal, but didn't have the invitation next to me, so iCal automatically just assigned it 10 am. I was a little bummed by the time because Cal really needed his morning nap (he missed it Thursday and Friday for a variety of reasons), but I knew the party would be worth it. He crashed in the car on the way to the party, so he got a quickie nap in.
As I am driving down the road, I get an email. I know it's bad to look at email while driving, so I just glanced to see who it was from. I was a little surprised that Steph was sending me an email at 10:05, if her party started at 10:00. I was at my exit so when I got off, I looked at the invitation and saw that it didn't start until 12:00! OPPS! I was far enough away (45 mins) that I wasn't going to go all the way back home, so I did what I had to do: I went shopping! There is a great mall one exit up from Steph's exit and it has an awesome Saks 5th Avenue. So, I HAD to do a little shopping! :) I got an adorable pair of Tory Burch flats. I LOVE THEM!
Back to the party:
After strolling the mall and doing a little shopping, we heading over to Reaggie's Pink and Green themed party. I am serious when I say that they (Stephanie) thought of EVERYTHING. You know how I try to take pictures of Cal each month holding a sign that reads "I am ____ months old today!"? Well, I got that idea from Stephanie, except mine are always lame and never turn out because my little munchkin would much rather eat the paper. Well, Steph has one from each month and the signs all are the exact same color and font (something at which I have failed miserably). She framed each one of those and had them lining the bookshelves on either side of the fire place-- so sweet to literally see Reagan grow! They also had a TV above the fireplace which was playing a slide show of pictures from Reagan's first year-- such a sweet touch!
There were pink and green streamers, pink and green M&Ms, pink and green napkins, etc.....it was all SO nicely done. Cal had a blast playing with all of the toys and other kids. People were taking pictures of Reagan (on the other side of the room), and Cal would be grinning ear to ear just in case someone was taking a picture of him...what a ham! Stephanie's mom was there and she was SUPER sweet (not that I am surprised!) and she held Cal for me while I chowed down on some great food. It's nice to have a Grandma around that loves babies!
We had a great time at the party, and Steph, when you read this, you threw your baby one heck of a party.... Can't wait to see what you come up with next year!!!!! :0
