Monday, January 19, 2009

monkey business

Barrett had a wonderful birthday party with lots of friends and family on Saturday. My sweet sister-in-law, Kim, took pictures for me. Between her camera and mine, we ended up with LOTS of pictures...here are a few of my favorites!

Our monkey cupcakes!
Justin gets all the credit for these...they turned out so cute!

Treat bags for our guests...these were filled with 'monkey munch'
cheerios, chocolate chips, banana chips & coconut flakes
Getting things ready for lunch.
We had taco soup, veggies, chips & salsa

A little guest book I made for Barrett.
Everyone wrote sweet birthday wishes to him inside.
Opening presents...Barrett got so much fun stuff!
Everyone knows how much he loves books, and he got so many great ones.

He loves riding Grandpa Rusty's 4-wheeler with him,
so they got him one of his own!

All of his presents...THANK YOU everyone!


After opening presents, we had cake! I wasn't sure what Barrett would do.
He'd never had cake, or anything chocolate before.
He wasn't shy, and dug right in.
I made the party hat for him, and didn't think he'd keep it on.
I guess he was too distracted by the yummy cupcake to notice.

It was a great 1st birthday! I had so much fun planning for it. Barrett was such a sweetheart the whole day. Thanks to everyone who was able to come! Barrett Russell is so loved!

25 comments:

  1. It looks like Barrett had a great Birthday. You are so ceative. His party looked adorable.

    ReplyDelete
  2. What a FUN birthday! All the pics are great and you are so creative. I always enjoy seeing what you do and am so impressed with it! Good Job! You and hubby are holding your own as parents as well! GOOD JOB!

    ReplyDelete
  3. What a fun birthday party. The invites and cupcakes were so darn cute! Both you and Justin did a great job. And it looks like Barrett got some great loot too. :)

    ReplyDelete
  4. Laura! What a fabulous first birthday party Barrett had! Seriously I think those monkey cupcakes are the cutest things I've ever seen. Everything looked fabulous! Great job!

    ReplyDelete
  5. I see Barrett had a wonderful first bday. It is truly amazing how time flies!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Hi! Found you through Tip Junkie and SO glad I did. Our little monkey turns one in just a few months and I absolutely needed this inspiration for his party! Thanks for sharing, you have an adorable little man there :)

    ReplyDelete
  7. I found you through Tip Junkie as well. DD and I LOVE the monkey cupcakes. DD is a cupcake decorating freak (in a good kinda way ;) ). And, your birthday banner with the pictures of each month is WONDERFUL! LOVE IT!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  8. What a cute boy! Love the monkey cupcakes as well..coming through Tip Junkie and love what you did for your son's party! Happy Saturday!

    ReplyDelete
  9. hey! I adore all of your decorations! gave me lots of ideas for my daughters birthday coming up in september! I was just wondering what kind of food you had besides cupcakes? id love to know! :)

    my email is starrynite3713@yahoo.com!! :)

    ReplyDelete
  10. I was just looking for Monkey birthday themes for my soon to be one year old and I think your cup cakes rock. I to will use that idea and I think you did a great job.

    ReplyDelete
  11. I am getting ready to throw my son Ian's first birthday party with a monkey theme on Sunday. I just came across your blog and so wish I had seen it earlier. You had some great ideas. I love the monkey photos each month. I am doing monkey cupcakes too and hope they turn out as good as yours. Thanks for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  12. loved everything, what kind of cookies did you use to make the cupcakes?

    ReplyDelete
  13. Thanks, Kimberly!
    They are vanilla wafer cookies. The mouth and nose are one of the regular sized wafers, with about 1/3 cut off the top. The ears are the mini wafers cut in half. Good luck!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Thanks Laura, can't wait to try them out next week for my son's birthday- they are so adorable.

    ReplyDelete
  15. so glad I came across your blog. I love the "monkey munch" idea! Cant wait to share it with our guest!!!

    ReplyDelete
  16. Hey, the picture banner idea is great. I am planning my son’s first birthday and will be making one such for him. I wasn’t sure how it will look but from your pictures, I can guess it would be the center of attraction.

    ReplyDelete
  17. Have you ever considered about adding a little bit more than just your
    articles? I mean, what you say is fundamental and all.
    However imagine if you added some great images or
    videos to give your posts more, "pop"! Your content is excellent but with images and
    video clips, this website could undeniably be one of the
    very best in its niche. Excellent blog!
    My web site : numerology calculator

    ReplyDelete
  18. Heya i'm for the first time here. I came across this board and I in finding It really helpful & it helped me out a lot. I hope to present one thing again and help others such as you aided me.
    My web site: www.youtube.com

    ReplyDelete
  19. I’m not that much of a online reader to be honest
    but your blogs really nice, keep it up! I'll go ahead and bookmark your website to come back later on. Many thanks
    Also see my website :: www.yourtobaccosstore.com

    ReplyDelete
  20. It's going to be end of mine day, however before end I am reading this wonderful post to improve my experience.
    My blog natural acne remedy

    ReplyDelete
  21. Unquestionably believe that which you stated. Your
    favourite reason appeared to be at the net the simplest thing to keep
    in mind of. I say to you, I definitely get annoyed while other people think about issues
    that they plainly do not understand about. You controlled to hit the nail upon the top and also defined out the whole thing
    with no need side-effects , folks could take a signal. Will likely be back to get more.
    Thanks
    Also see my web page: how to get rid of man boobs

    ReplyDelete
  22. Good info. Lucky me I recently found your blog by accident (stumbleupon).
    I have book marked it for later!

    Also visit my web page - workouts to increase vertical leap

    ReplyDelete
  23. I savor, lead to I discovered exactly what I
    used to be having a look for. You have ended my 4 day lengthy hunt!
    God Bless you man. Have a great day. Bye

    Review my website vertical jump workouts

    ReplyDelete
  24. Home Made Skin Tag Removal - 5 Tips For Home Skin Tags Removal Do you have
    problems with skin tags and don't know what to do. If you carefully read all of the directions on the package, you can freeze off your skin tags without feeling any pain and they'll be quickly eliminated.
    Skin tags can affect you and anybody else at any age and irrespective of
    your skin type.

    Have a look at my blog www.demircilik.org

    ReplyDelete
  25. Perineoplasty (or Perineorrhaphy) has an objective of making this area look
    normal by cutting out excess skin and flaccid skin tags.
    Fortunately, there are a variety of skin tag removal treatments you can
    use. The brown-slatted background in the image above really isn't part of the technique I was trying to demonstrate here.

    My blog - skin tags face

    ReplyDelete

I LOVE reading comments, so thanks for stopping by :)

 
Blog Designed by Rita of CoffeeShop