By Shannon
I was sluggish about planning a party for Fitz’s first birthday. Read why here. I think it all felt too huge. I kind of just wanted to get a Negroni at Dio Mio, our favorite restaurant and the place where Marcos timed my contractions before we headed for the hospital last year.
Timing contractions at Dio Mio
I ended up pulling it together because I wanted to bring together the community that supported us during this monumental year. I wanted to celebrate Fitz with all his little baby friends. I wanted to throw a party for me and Marcos because we made it a year!
The theme for the party is kind of animal/jungle/zoo. Here is the front of the invite sent via paperless post.
The birthday decor is going to follow the invite. I am not huge on specific themes and colors so the invite will reflect the vibe of the party: bold, fun, and wild. We have some jungle animal decor and I found these awesome tassels on sale at Pottery Barn Kids that I can reuse in his room.
We are going to have animal coloring pages for older kids, stickers, and a baby bar with cut up fruit and vegetables. For the adults we are going to have some grown up Jungle Juice and appetizers. Marcos is going to make the cake.
I have leaned in to this whole first birthday. I mean it’s the first birthday! Part 3 I’ll let you know how the party turns out.
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