Party Planning

I tried to do a little of the party preparations each night this week so I wouldn't be running around like a crazy woman on Saturday morning. I had a vision of what I wanted his party to look like and knew I wouldn't be happy unless it looked like I imagined. The planning started a couple of month ago when Jenn and I chose the fabric, then Shannon helped me make the flags.

I wish I could claim the creative flag decorations; however, I was inspired by this super cool birthday party I found on another blog. You'll notice later that the birthday cake is even inspired by the cake at this blog.

Luckily, Grandma was in town for the birthday party so she and Karsten played while Scott and I worked on finishing touches for the birthday party.

The balloons provided endless entertainment.

Karsten realized today that he could go up the stairs. Uh oh - until this point we hadn't worried about baby gates, he had listened to us and moved away from the stairs whenever he crawled near them.

More fun with the balloons. His walking has gotten SO much better. On Thursday night it was like the walking just clicked and he was more interested in walking than crawling. He might look like a drunken sailor occasionally; however, he always perservers and keeps trying to walk. He's really doing a great job and barely crawling at all.


I made a little photo book with pictures from his first year and asked all of the guests to write Karsten a note. It will be a nice keepsake for him in the future!

Turns out I bought too much of the flag fabric so Shannon was able to make a quilt out of the flags. I think it turned out amazing - I love the zig zag edges and how all of the triangles look together. It made a great tablecloth for the party and I can't wait to use it!