Jett's First Birthday Party

We celebrated Jett's 1st Birthday last week with a small family party. I did the usual "stay up and make the cake" ritual which I welcome for every one of the boys' birthdays. For Jett we had a Winnie the Pooh themed party since he just loves Pooh. I remembered I had a cake topper from when I was younger of Pooh on a balloon, so I dug that up and made a little scene. I made the tree out of tootsie rolls and green fondant (I softened the tootsie rolls in the microwave, rolled them out, and wrapped them around a toilet paper roll and then froze it so it would stay in the shape I had it in). I colored coconut green for the grass (thanks Dad for the idea), used black, white and yellow frosting for the bees, and blue fondant for the name. It was a fun cake to make.

We had my mom (my dad was out of town on business) and Jett's local aunts and uncles over for cake and ice cream. Jett didn't really know exactly what to do with the cake, but he sure liked the Pooh topper.

Cruise blowing out the candle for Jett

And then Jett got to open his gifts. He got a Little People Farm from Grandma and Grandpa Greer. We actually already have one that belongs to Cruise that the boys are always fighting over, so it was great to have another one so they both can play with it without the constant pushing and whining.

Aunt Mary and Uncle Joseph gave Jett a cute roll and crawl snail that he absolutely loved.

Uncle Dan and Aunt Sofia got Jett this cute inflatable horse punching bag that has balls inside. And for some reason I never got a picture of it. But, it was pretty cute.

Dan figuring out how to set up the inflatable horse

Aunt Abby and Uncle Casey got Jett an adorable Fall outfit which he wore for his 12 month pictures this past weekend.

And Mommy and Daddy got Jett a Learning Mailbox since he loves to put things in containers and open and close everything. However, I am already regretting buying the thing since the "songs" are pretty obnoxious.

After the party, I looked at all the toys and said, "Well, shoot! Let's wrap them up and give them back for Christmas!" But, I was a nice Mommy and let him keep them all. However, I did have to rearrange his room just so he could have all of HIS toys in one place so his stinky big brother wouldn't touch them. I wasn't too successful.