okay, so i can’t believe that our little guy is 1 already. it is amazing how fast a year goes, and how much a little guy changes your life! Saturday, family and friends gathered to celebrate our son’s 1st birthday! thanks everyone for coming! it is amazing how loved you feel when everyone shows up at your house…(with a lot of people driving up from Fort Wayne/Decatur). Brian and I decided on a radio flyer theme birthday (we had our family pictures taken with a radio flyer…which you will get to see very soon!!!) and one of brian’s favorite memories as a kid was the radio flyer that he would pull around everywhere! it will also be very useful this spring when we want to pack brady up for a walk or to pull him around on our new land..(which we have a ton of work to do on!)
Making the cakes were so much fun, I haven’t decorated a cake since i was young (something my grandma used to do)…so needless to say, my piping was a little shaky. Plus, both cakes were gluten and dairy free, with does present some challenges…so i wasn’t able to decorate with a stiff traditional buttercream. it didn’t matter though, the cake was a huge success with brady and he made a huge mess…and loved it. he has been given really no white sugar his first year of life, so needless to say…we let him eat the whole thing and he was wired for hours and then crashed. a few things that i learned in the “red cake” making process: 1. it makes a huge mess…especially on a one year old…probably not the smartest idea. 2. natural food coloring is about virtually impossible to make vibrant red…I got pink at best…(if any one has any pointers on that….I would love to hear them)…so needless to say, I gave in and used regular food coloring.
eyerhere are a few favorites from the day! (i can’t take credit for all the pics…Mel, took a bunch so we could enjoy brady making a mess!)
by jenn
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