We did it! We celebrated Quinn’s first birthday this past Saturday and it was SO MUCH FUN. It took the combined effort of many people to pull off, but in my humble opinion, it was a success :) Thank you to our families for helping us with last minute preparations – we seriously could not have done it without you!
I had been planning Quinn's first birthday for, ohhhhh twelve months. No joke I've had a Pinterest board with all sorts of ideas since this kid was born.
I decided on a rainbow themed because I wanted Quinn's first birthday to be bright, cheerful and happy. What's happier than a rainbow? The dollar store has so many cheap colorful party supplies, plus babies love colours so what better theme than rainbow!
Without further ado, I give you the highlights of Quinn's first birthday:
Apparently throwing a party for fifty guests requires a fair bit of preparation? Lesson learned. Here I am just minutes before guests arrived trying desperately to finish icing the cupcakes.
My aunt Heather ended up taking over and did a marvelous job!
It’s a cupcake rainbow (if you hadn’t guessed already)!
My brother Mitch and Heather helped to decorate the place and it looked great! THANK YOU! (This picture is a pretty good representation of the wall color.)
Special mentions to both my mom and mother-in-law, Shari. My mom did a bang-up job chopping all the veggies, fruit and cheese and kept me sane during those last few minutes before people came. Shari saved the day by picking up our balloon order and getting it back to our place just in time for the party to start!
Miss Q watching everyone pile into our house :)
Guests started to arrive around one and by twenty-after we had a full house! Simon was on drink duty and made sure guests had a beverage as soon as they walked in. We figured people would forget about the cramped quarters if they had a couple drinks in them. I think it worked. :)
Speaking of drinks, I must mention that Simon whipped up a seriously delish batch of red wine sangria that did not disappoint party-goers. Great work babe!
For around an hour, guests mingled and snacked on meatballs, deviled eggs, veggies, fruit, chips and some wicked homemade tarts that Simon’s cousin Tara brought. While everyone was downstairs partying, I was frantically editing Quinn’s First Year video upstairs. Although I could have spent a few more hours making everything perfect, we ended up playing the video for everyone in a semi-edited state and I think it did the job. One day I’ll get around to fine tuning everything and post it to YouTube for y’all to see.
After the video, it was time for presents! Before I show you some pictures, I want to take a minute to tell you how amazing our friends and families are. Even before Quinn was born, they have supported, spoiled and loved our little girl. I can’t tell you how much it means to Simon and I to know that Quinn is loved unconditionally by so many. Looking around the room at all the people who took the time to come and celebrate our baby girl’s birthday was amazing. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
A very special copy of Where the Wild Things Are <3
Yay for presents!
Once all the presents were opened, it was time for cupcakes and cake!
Once all the presents were opened, it was time for cupcakes and cake!
It was a wonderful day filled with laughter, happy tears, presents, cake and the best people in the world. Thank you all again :)
xo Vicky
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