{Upcoming Birthday}

As many of our friends and family know, Braeden's first birthday is fastly approaching. I have been so excited about this, that I have been planning a huge party for the past couple of weeks already. Everyone kept asking me what I was going to do after the wedding, and duh ... I am planning another party!

Most of my inspiration came from a group that I have recently joined here in Jeff City. You may have heard of MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) but, thanks to Prato, I have a new group of moms to hang out with. The first meeting was, I swear, just for me :) It was about planning parties for your children and for family ... I absolutly loved it, and it showed me that I could take something simple and turn it into something extrodianary!

I have decided to throw Braeden (for those who do not know, he was born on MU's Homecoming last year) a Lil' Quarterback Tailgate Birthday Party. We are going to have everything that you would find at a tailgate (minus the alcohol). His highchair is going to be made into a goal post, everyone is to wear their favorite sports team, and it's just going to be great! Anyways, last night I spent most of my night finishing Braeden's invitations ... what do you think? Yup, everyone is getting a game ticket that I designed!

Since I got back on my honeymoon (pictures to be posted soon) I have been taking a lot of pictures of Braeden. Here are just a few of my favorites ... it's hard to believe that he is almost one!

The last picture was from this morning. I was folding towels while Ryan was in the shower. All I hear is ... "honey, come in here." I guess Braeden wanted to see what dad was doing exactly! HA