Party Time!!!

Someone is ready to party! (Ann and I made the "Happy Birthday" sign. I love how it turned out!)

Cooper's first birthday party was so much fun!! We had our best friends and lots of family all under the same roof to celebrate! My original plan was to have the bigger kids outside running around with Drake and playing t-ball, but mother nature decided to rain buckets, so we all just squeezed inside and played, played, played!

"Cooper" was my theme, so all the decorations were all about the birthday boy. Ann, Lisa, and I created a "Cooper collage" under the glass of my kitchen table. I love it so much that it just might become a permanent fixture.
Cupcakes in honor of my "Cupcake."
For party favors, I had a table with animal crackers and frosted animal crackers for the big kiddos and bunny crackers and baby puffs for the little ones. You could scoop what you wanted, and make your own goody bag. It didn't exactly work as I had hoped--I should have made the bags beforehand, but the table sure looked cute.

Anyone up for "pin the birthday hat" on the Birthday Boy?

Monthly pictures with Mr. Gorilla.

Cooper and his best friends!

Cake time! All the kids were so cute with Cooper and excited about singing "Happy Birthday" to him.

One of Cooper's very best friends, Penelope, moved to DC the week after his party. We are going to miss Penelope, Ed, and Amy so much!!!

Little goodbye kisses!Time for presents!

After all of Cooper's friends left, he was still in party mode and kept playing! Daddy, on the other hand, was a little tired.

After a long and exciting day, the Birthday Boy finally fell asleep during dinner!