Our big boy turned one towards the end of last year. I am so blessed to be Hutson's mother. He is such a sweet boy who is constantly reminding me to keep things simple and take advantage of my family and the time I have on Earth.
We had a birthday party the day before Hutson turned one. Lots of friends and family were there to share the day together. Hutson made out with some pretty awesome toys and cute clothes. We are so blessed to have so many good people around us.
My favorite decoration was the pictures on the fire place with pictures of him through the first year. It was so cool to see the changes in him.
I feel really silly posting about this, but thought I needed to add it so one day I could laugh at myself. I have always decorated with elephants with Hutson. His room has matching elephant curtains and bedding. He has about six or so elephant stuffed animals and most his toys somehow correlate to elephants. Well when Hutson was about six months old I found this elephant birthday cake that I just fell IN LOVE with! It was really simple and I thought it would be easy to order. I didn't care about anything with his birthday as long as I had this cake! Of course I waited 'til the last minute to order all of the decorations for the birthday party and waited even longer to get his cake ordered. I went to multiple places to get price quotes. All of them could get the cake made for me, but they all quoted me between $200 and $400 (Mind you, I wanted the smallest cake possible and it was just fondant with a simple elephant, and a few other small decorations on it.). I was floored by the cost of such a simple cake! Grant was out of town this weekend so he was out of touch to talk. I had to make this big decision without him. Poor guy, when he came home Sunday night the first thing I said to him was the news about the cake, and of course I started crying like a mad woman. He has always been so good about noticing when things are important to me and allowing it to happen whether we have the time or money for it. He told me to go ahead and order the cake wherever I could get it in time for the party. He knew how important it was for me, but of course I came to my senses and realized that it was absurd to spend that much money on a gosh darn birthday cake for a kid who isn't going to care about it let alone remember what his first birthday cake was. He was so confused as to why it was a big deal, but to me this meant the world. I see so many of my friends (and Pinterest) who have these perfect parties for their children, and I felt like this cake would make it perfect.
After all the headache and stress, we ended up getting the most perfect cupcake cake in the shape of an elephant. As silly as it was, it was an answer to my prayers and a lesson learned. I learned a valuable lesson to never compare my doings or my mothering to any of those around me. I am the best mom for Hutson, and I need to keep it simple!
Hutson's favorite toy from his GREAT Aunt Becky!
The end result: Elephant cupcake cake
For some reason I gave him the chocolate cupcake instead of the vanilla one.
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