Sweet Simplicity

Tuesday, July 16

#jackandmommyday

Ty's residency schedule can be grueling. He is such a hard worker and never complains. Me, on the other hand, I may complain about it. :) Some months are harder than others and I just miss him. He will work 24 days in a row this month and some of those days include 30+ hour shifts. In an effort to focus on fun and not missing Ty, I declared last Saturday "Jack & Mommy Day." Obviously, Jack could have cared less, but it was a way to distract myself.

Morning walk through the neighborhood

Jack's first sno cone!

He loved it!

A trip to buybuyBaby

Grocery shopping at Target wearing his new shoes and using his new snack cup

Keeping busy while I put away groceries

This is from Sunday morning. As soon as he was done nursing, he brought me his new shoes to put on. He walked around the house, occasionally stomping in them. I think it's safe to say he loves them.

I bought cherries at Target and Jack loves them.

This weekend Ty's mom and niece are coming to visit. Jack loves playing with Lillian! I think we are planning a trip to the pool and lots of playtime. It will be a fun time!

Saturday, July 13

First Birthday Party continued...

He enjoyed his cake!

Ty lifted him out to take him straight to the sink. Jack started flinging the icing and cake off his hands. :)

Watching the slideshow of Jack's first year

Mason and Wade

Lillian and Lucas

Ty's grandad, Connie and mom, Beverly

Ty's grandad Ernest and grandma Joyce

My dad

Sweet Emerson! (and his dad Jesse) :)

This picture is a little out of order, but as soon as the cousins arrived they swarmed around Jack. They were just so excited! It was too cute.

Another crowd shot

Ty did a great job cooking the seafood boil! My mom made Red Lobster's cheddar biscuits and they were delish. We also had strawberry lemonade, tea, glass coke bottles, watermelon, strawberries and blueberries. All of the food turned out so good!

There was homemade icecream courtesy of Beverly, but in the chaos of things we completely forgot about it. We remembered at the end of the night, but I was too stuffed to have any. I'm regretting that decision now. :)

Unfortunately, I did not get a picture of everyone. The party was pretty busy! We are so grateful to everyone that came to celebrate Jack's first birthday! It was a wonderful evening!

Monday, July 8

First Birthday Party

We celebrated Jack turning one this past weekend. Mine and Ty's immediate family all lives in one town (except for his youngest sister), so we decided it would be much easier for everyone to have Jack's birthday party there. We loaded up all of the party supplies and spent the weekend at home. It was a great celebration full of family and lots of love for our boy! Expect a ton of pictures to follow!

Since Jack was born around the Fourth of July I knew that I wanted to do red, white, and blue for this first birthday. We went with a crab theme and did a seafood boil.
I designed the invitations, address labels, and envelope liners.

Smash Cake

The cake and cupcakes came from Sam's. I added the ric rac border around the cake and made the bunting.

PB&J sandwiches for the kiddos

The buckets were filled with red or blue bubbles, a punching ball balloon, and red & blue glow sticks. I used the same label that is around the jar of straws around the bubbles. I forgot to take a picture of those.