Thursday, August 26, 2010

Cohen's Birthday

I am so happy I got to be in St. Louis for Cohen's first birthday! On Sunday, the day before his birthday, we had a birthday party with all TJ's family. Ansley, TJ, and I went all out on the decorations and spent all the beginning of that week preparing. The party was amazing, we grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, ate cake, opened presents, and visited. Above is Cohen in an outfit Mema gave Cohen.
Opening Presents!
The cake after Cohen ate it.... my beautiful work destroyed but worth it for Cohen
After the cake... I will cry if I want to, cry if I want to...
He loved it!
Lick those fingers clean.
My parents and I got Cohen a Cozy Coupe for his birthday and he absolutely loves it.... not so much riding in it just getting in and out of it. As long as he loves it I can't complain how he plays with it.
Enjoying his birthday dinner.

Now for the decorations.... if I do say so myself it looked amazing and Cohen is one lucky one year old, having a party look this awesome!
The front door Admissions sign, section 8 because he was born in August which is the 8th month, and yes we made that awesome sign.
Our concession sign.... also amazingly made by the trio... and our beautiful tissue paper pom poms
The food set up and the decorations on the tables.... Ansley hard at work in the kitchen finishing the last minute details.
Happy 1st Birthday in the baseball theme, of course!
Decked out high chair for the coolest one year old little boy I know!
Last of all.... the most amazing part of Cohen's birthday was the cake. After two boxes of fun-fetti cake, one box of red velvet, 6 large cans of whipped icing, and 17 hours later we had this beautiful cake. Designed by the thee of us, TJ did the dirt, bases, and base lines, Ansley did the amazing grass, and I did the ball and the writing.
Close up on the ball.... sooooo cute!
I am so proud of this cake.... I had another picture! Okay it didn't take us 17 hours but a good portion of Saturday was devoted to this cake! Happy Birthday Cohen, you are well worth all of it!

2 comments:

Shauntelle said...

What an awesome party! The decorations look awesome, and that cake is amazing! Good job!

Drew Watts said...

Oh wow, Cohen's Birthday was such fantastic. The cake looks super yummy. Thanks for these fun filled photos. Our Carla will also be turning one soon and it is not a short occasion for us and the entire family. We would also be throwing a grand party at the prettiest event venue Atlanta for the celebrations.