November: Part 2 - The Birthday

I'm finally getting around to sharing some shots from Reid's birthday party. I went back and forth a TON on what we should do for his birthday. We considered everything between a huge party with every adult and child we could think of to no party at all. ;) 

Ultimately, a busy schedule won out and we kept it simple. Just a few close in-town family members, adults only, at our home. I bypassed cute invitations for quick e-mail messages and just ran with it.

The 'theme', if you could call it that, was Pow-Wow. Here's a few of the decorations.. they're mostly just fall-ish things.

The week before, I had spruced up this little IKEA table by adding wood planks to the top.

We had sugar cookies and carrot cake cupcakes for treats.

This was the food table before everything was out. The pictures are of Reid from the last year. The frame on the table is a tee-pee print. We had potato soup (made by my mom), taco soup (made by Dac's mom), all the toppin's, chips, and dip.

No complaints from the birthday boy.

After dinner, we sang happy birthday then dug into treats and presents.

He had a great time being a ham all night.

Dac, my G-ma Millie, and G-pa Ed

Same - plus Kevin.

Aunt Darla and Terese

G-ma Jo and Margaret (Reid calls her Margie)

Val

My mom and Dad

Opening presents... that's Austin in the background.

Aunt Deb

David and Terese

He loved making everyone laugh and having so many playmates to choose from!

I hated not to include more people but it was manageable given my stress level at that time. =) Reid was happy and I'm glad we went ahead and did something to celebrate. We are so fortunate to have SO many people who love our boy and support our family.

 That night, after the party, I held my almost two year old and thanked God for another year with him.

The next day, on his actual birthday, we went to church then went to Gambinos for pizza. =) Reid approved of that too. Then, following a good nap, he got to play with all his new toys.