Cache's 1st Birthday Celebration

I feel like such a slacker. I was going through pictures and realized I never posted pictures from Cache's 1 year old birthday celebration. I figure, better late than never so here you go.

I know the cake is lacking! I really need to take a class or something to improve my decorating skills! Especially with how many potential cakes are in my future!

I know I told you a lot about Cache on the post I wrote wishing him a happy birthday so instead of talking about what this sweet little guy is up to I will tell you about his day. On his actual birthday we sang him happy birthday and blew out the candle on his birthday cake together as a family. It was fun and he loved his cake.

I wasn't planning on doing a big ta-da for his birthday with both of our extended families. I'm not sure exactly why... maybe it was because I was throwing a big friend party for Crew that was so close to his birthday... or maybe I was just too overwhelmed to pull something together in general... or maybe I finally realized that 1 year old's don't remember or appreciate all the work you go to when celebrating a first birthday. I thought we had it covered when we ate cake as a little family of five.

But Steve assured me that it wasn't. He felt that Cachie deserved a big thing just like the other two and made sure that I went out and got started on my planning. I was kind of out of ideas for a theme for the party and then decided on a farm theme. I found the cutest stuff at Zurchers and went a little crazy! I loved how the house looked! Everything turned out great!

We hosted Steve's whole family (which is quite large these days) and mine, although I think my mom was the only one who could come. We served Cafe Rio chicken burritos with rice and salad. Of course we had cake for dessert. It was a lot of fun and I am so grateful to our families for their endless support.

I think at first I was not excited to through a big gathering for Cache's birthday, but when everyone was there and he was so happy I was so glad that we did it. I always love having our families together and I am always so happy when I can do something for them because they are always doing so much for us. Even if it wasn't a whole lot I was doing for them.

I love you Cachie! And even if you don't have any memories of this party, I hope you look back on these pictures and remember how much we love you and are so happy to have you in our family! Happy First Birthday!