Whoooo is Turning One?

Did you ever see that episode of Friends where Ross and Rachel's little girl, Emma, turns one?  As with any sitcom, blunders and hi-jinks abound.  There was a mix-up with the cake, which was supposed to be a bunny, and it ends up being X-rated.  No one wants to stay for the party, Emma won't wake up from her nap, etc., etc., etc.  I kept picturing this episode while planning Eli's first birthday. While I had dreams of accidentally giving everyone salmonella poisoning with undercooked chicken wings or not being ready for the party, I can say that the day exceeded my expectations.  In the company of family, our little boy celebrated an exciting first birthday.

What was the theme, you ask?  (Oh...you didn't ask...)  I had an owl theme.  I know it sounds weird, but it was much cuter than it sounds.  Eli has this super cute owl shirt (you can see it here), and I thought I could do a party based around this shirt.  My friend Sara (whose Etsy shop you can see here) made adorable invitations.  And I found some other cute owl-themed items on Etsy, including stickers and cupcake toppers.  I also found an owl balloon online (b/c I could not find one anywhere in Jackson) and some owl ribbon at Michael's.  I was out of control with the owl stuff.

 

these are owl stickers that I made everyone wear (b/c I'm bossy)

  

 

 (there were more than four cupcakes, but I forgot to take a picture of them all)

I made chicken wings to go with our theme (let's see if you can figure that out without me having to write on the Internet how I made the decision to serve chicken wings).  I also had a jar of tootsie-roll pops (b/c of their owl mascot).  I decided to go with cupcakes for Eli's induction into the world of  diabetes-inducing food.  My first batch of cupcakes tasted like popcorn (because I accidentally bought butter-flavor cupcakes.  What?!  Who wants butter-flavored cupcakes?).  Luckily, I bought a box of normal flavor cupcakes and made those after discovering my butterific blunder.  Eli INHALED his cupcake.  I mean, it was a new world record in the one-year old division.  It was cute (until his stomachache caused him to wake up several times throughout the night).

It was a great day spent with great people!  Here are some more pictures for your viewing pleasure.  (You're welcome.)

 

 ("where's my next cupcake, fool?")

Happy Birthday, sweet boy!