The Birthday Party

The invite

Sunday was a beautiful day: hotter than get out, but still pretty and sunny! We had been planning for Cal's big party for a few weeks now and the Friday before the party, Eddie asked me to make him a list of everything I would need him to do before the party. I made the (pretty long) list and handed it to him and he decided he would get up on Sunday morning and complete the list. I swore I wouldn't be stressed out with his list because I had a list of my own to tend to.


We woke up Sunday morning with Eddie running to the bathroom to puke. Are you kidding me?? Bless his heart, he was SO ill the whole day. Thank goodness his sister was in town to take care of Cal while I ran like a wild woman to get everything set up and take care of his list as well as mine! My parents stepped it up too, thankfully and we pulled off a great party! I was sad Eddie wasn't able to come, but I know all of those parents were glad he wasn't there spreading the germs around.




Here are some pictures from the football themed party:

Grandma and Momma as the Refs

The jump house

So excited about the jump house

He sees the balloons and can't believe it!

The favors

With the birthday boy

The food spread on the "football field" table cloth

The birthday boy!

Checking it all out

The grandparents with their grandchildren

The tables and chairs

The cake-- a football field with a C in the middle

Cal with his "smash cake": in the shape of a football

taking a swing of his water while smashing the cake (missing a shoe)

half way through

m.e.s.s.

stylin' his hair with some cake

ahhhhh....water

after a bath in his new t-shirt!  (LOVE IT, Danita!!!)

waking up the next morning

After the party, I opened all of Cal's presents after putting him to bed and then took them all out of their boxes/wrappings so they were ready to play with.  I had them all lined up in the family room so when Cal came downstairs the next morning they would all be out on "display" and ready to play with!  He was in heaven!

Cal did some serious damage on his smash cake.  I took a video of the whole party so that Eddie could see it all.... here is a link to it: http://gallery.mac.com/cewilliamson#100655

I think Cal had a wonderful first birthday party and he loved just walking around the field visiting with everyone!