Grayson's 1st Birthday

We celebrated Grayson's birthday with a cookout at our place with about 50 friends.  We went with a jungle safari theme for his party.  For food we had burgers, brats, chicken sausage, hotdogs and lots of appetizers.  We did a dessert table with Sweet Mandy B's cupcakes, bite size brownies, blue and green M&Ms and blue and green jelly beans.  

I made two picture boards of Grayson for his party to showcase all the fun memories over the last year.  On one board I put all of his monthly onesie sticker pictures from all 12 months.  It was so fun looking at how much he has changed over the last year.  On the other board I made a collage of pictures from his first year with lots of fun memories with family and friends.  

Grayson wore a white onesie that had a gray 1 with chevron gray and white suspenders and a gray bow tie that snaps on with white crop pants.  I ordered it from Etsy along with his cake smashing outfit.  It had gray and white chevron bloomers with Grayson stitched in orange on the butt along with a orange and white tie and a chevron gray, white and orange birthday hat.  He looked adorable in his birthday outfits. 

  We ordered Grayson a smashing cake from Sweet Mandy B's.  We sang Happy Birthday and served him his cake, but he wasn't too sure about it at first.   Craig gave him a few bites so he was a little more into it, but didn't love it.  I forgot to take the cake out of the refrigerator an hour before serving it so I think that was part of the reason he didn't love it as it was a little too hard.

We had to open his gifts after he went to bed because it got too late and we were leaving the next day for a week.  (Craig went to Alaska with 10 guys on a fishing trip while my mom, Grayson and I went to visit my brother, sis-in-law and nephew in NJ and my aunt and uncle in Baltimore.)  He got a lot of great gifts and is very excited about all of his new toys, clothes and shoes.  We got him a Little Tikes red sports car and he loves it.  

Grayson is so lucky to have such great friends and family.  It was so nice to celebrate his birthday with everyone.  Thanks for our amazing friends and family for celebrating his special day.