Robot Invitation

We decided on a "Vintage Robot" themed birthday party for little Charlie this year, since we decorated his nursery in all vintage robots.  It turned out really cool and super fun!  I especially liked the way the invitation turned out.  We made an awesome cowboy invitation for our first son's first birthday, so we had already set the bar high and knew we had to deliver on this one.  This time, instead of a wooden invitation, we sent a metal one!  Want to see?

The inspiration for this invitation came from this chick's great idea for her kiddo's robot party.  I loved the wording she used and her use of a CD case was totally brilliant!  I used her basic design as my starting point.  The invitation is a CD case core with interactive paper parts - a ticker-tape paper spill-out of all the party information.  I found metal brads with screw heads for the top of the invitation and I included a detachable magnet of Charlie for the inside cover.  The invitation base is raised slightly with foam stickers so that the ticker-tape can lay flat inside the "Open Me" flap.  When you open it up, the contents of the ticker-tape spill out and there are pictures of Charlie in a cardboard robot hat and the details of the party.  On the other side of the ticker-tape is a family photo album of robots! 

 

 

 We're proud of our little Charlie and hope that this invitation shows just how thrilled we are that our baby has turned one!

 

Party Animal

As I struggle to catch up from last Saturday (Charlie's first birthday party), I will give you a taste of what we've been up to this past year of Charlie.  I'm a firm believer that baby's first birthday is more about celebrating the survival of the parent - and we were proud to survive - so we really went all out.  Can't wait to show you the pictures, reader.

For now, check out how we've celebrated Charlie on his "monthly" birthdays... We've held a fun themed picture party for him every month, complete with whoopie pie treats.  (We did this for Oscar's first year, too.  He was my cupcake boy, though.  He is still wild about cupcakes - mostly the frosting, but you know how it is.)  I'm not sure which theme was my favorite, but these were seriously fun. 

I know what you are thinking, reader.  You are thinking "Why on earth did you not post these throughout the year?" Well, I guess I was just busy.  Sorry about that.  I had two boys each going in different directions.  Not that anything has changed with the craziness of my household, but at least now I have a better grasp on survival methods with two children.

 Week one:

 

Month One:

 

Two Months:

 Three Months:

 Four Months:

 Five Months:

Six Months:

 Seven Months:

Eight Months:

Nine Months:

Ten Months:

 Eleven Months:

 

Stay tuned for Charlie's big 12 month birthday party celebration! Happy year of Charlie!