Over the weekend we went to Charlotte to celebrate my nephew's first birthday! It was a fun day with family, lots of food & desserts. Giovanni had such a great time. It is always fun to watch him since he is such a happy boy and loves being around all his cousins. Listening to him and Solomon try and talk to each other was pretty adorable. I can't help but think about what these parties will look like in five to ten years when our boys aren't babies anymore. They will be big boys and our parties will definitely look different, which only makes me want to soak in all these little details while we can. I still can't believe the last year has flown by so quickly!

All of the gold details were so cute for the party! I would love to do a baby shower with all these decorations, also. As always, I loved making a chalkboard for the birthday boy!!

You know how we all love our photobooth pictures, we had a lot of fun with the jeep and the masks!

Valentino's face in this picture is priceless.... so cute!!

Our cute little monkey! 

& that sweet smile on his face below, goodness.... we love him!

Birthday boy enjoying his cake, or having fun with his hammer? haha!

All the boys were so excited to help open the gifts!

Ready for the ride home in his pajamas!! He also went crazy over Jaden's slippers. They were so big but he had no problem running around the house in them. 

the first baby girl.

My best friend is having a girl!!! We were all shocked, mainly since we are surrounded by baby boys, but I'm so happy that Jocie was able to break the trend. We are all so excited to meet the sweet baby girl and I can't wait to see my friend as a mom. After the past year of learning that intense kind of love, I can't help but feel so much joy in knowing that she will feel that overwhelming love so soon. She will be an amazing mom. A loving, understanding, and tender mom. Baby C is so lucky!!

I wanted a very natural, earthy theme for the shower. Since Jocie loves succulents, I thought we could have some fun with the decorations. They are such beautiful plants and I love how everything turned out. 

Katie's sister in law was so sweet to make some homemade jam for the shower. We played baby bingo, and the first three winners got their own jar to take home! We also served the same flavors with mini biscuits for the brunch. They were all awesome but, the fig & vanilla bean, was my favorite.

The cake was made by my cousin, like most parties at my house.

She is so talented and they always taste incredible!

A certain little boy had to crash the girls party since daddy was out of town!

Thankfully, no one seemed to mind ;)

I'm so thankful for my best friends, and I'm very, very thankful for all our babies!

God is so sweet and I can't wait to see what He does in their lives.

the first of the pack turns one.

Our first boy in the group of sweet boys turns one this week, the 15th to be exact, but we celebrated his Birthday with a party at the farm over the weekend. His Momma and Daddy did such a great job putting everything together! The animals and all the fun scenery was a big hit and the food was delicious. 

Momma and her big boy!

Wyatt had such a fun time and watching him explore his birthday cake for the first time was so precious... he's such a cutie and such a happy boy.

It was a great day, even in the hot heat of early summer, we had a wonderful time at the party!

I'm so thankful that Solomon has such a sweet boy to look up to, we love you Wyatt!!