While I'd like to spare you the cliché ramblings about how fast this year has passed, I just can't. Sorry. I feel like I had a newborn five seconds ago and I could just melt into a puddle on the floor about it.
Being a mom is weird. This love is powerful, beautiful, and painful. It's terrifying to love someone so intensely from the moment you knew they existed. (And makes me appreciate my own mom in a whole new way.) Each milestone has been cause for major celebration, but they're also sprinkled with some varying amount of not-yet-please. It just happens that the first birthday has more not-yet-please than I'm used to.
All these bittersweet emotions helped lead me to Morgan's first birthday theme, Donut Ever Grow Up. From invitations, to event day, my plan was to deck. it. out. Donut explosion. (Read: I needed a major distraction from the milestone at hand.) I also borrowed an idea from Mushybooks (side note: best baby books ever) and decided to ask our guests to help me create a time capsule to be opened by my son on his 18th birthday (whoa, not-yet-please). We mailed out prediction cards with the invitations and also asked for items for his capsule instead of birthday gifts.
I was really excited about the time capsule, but seeing how creative our friends and family got with their notes and items made me even more excited. On his 18th birthday, he will have letters with advice and memories, and all kinds of meaningful heirlooms to go through, and he will know how loved he has been since year one. In the meantime, I will happily pack it all away and hope that birthday comes around as slowly as possible.
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| custom time capsule cards available upon request |
Despite the birthday boy having a surprise ear infection, the party was a success! I channeled my mom-stress into the decor, and had so much fun coordinating everything back to his invitations. Here are some more photos and details from the party:
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| Printable banners by NCC available upon request |
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| treats from our favorite, Slaton Bakery |
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| the best kind of tower is a donut tower |
