Pumpkins & Pink: Kate's 1st Birthday!

Being that Kate was born on Halloween, you'd think that having a Halloween themed birthday party would be pretty darn fitting, right?  Right.  You don't have to answer.  I will answer for you.  But it is Kate's very first birthday, so shouldn't we do a traditional first birthday?  This dilemma is what I have pondered since I started thinking about Kate's first birthday, and I'm not even going to tell you when that was.

I really wanted to do a traditional themed birthday for her for her first party***.  A part of me just wanted traditional, another part of me just wanted to celebrate her birthday, not her birthday and Halloween.  So I came up with what I thought was a good theme compromise: pumpkins and pink.  We'd capture her Halloween birthday with pumpkins and capture her girly first birthday with pink.  I was very happy with that!  And the party turned out GREAT!

My parents came into town from Canada, my grandparents came into town from Maryland, and the majority of Brian's in town family was able to make our pumpkins and pink soiree!  We all had a blast!  In the weeks leading up to Kate's birthday we made several paper pennant banners, lots of paper flowers, and a first year photo banner that highlighted the first year of Kate's life.  We started a tradition with this party that we will have to continue with every one - namely the photo banner!

We had a ton of good finger food, we made buckeyes, we had cupcakes and cake pops, and the party was a huge success!  There is no better way to put it!  Kate was an angel, as usual, and the guy that we hired to film while we tended to the party girl did a fantastic job and captured the majority of what we asked him to and included a bit extra!  More is always better when it comes to video editing!

We have some pictures that were taken from the party, but my camera was out of commish, so we'll leave you with the edited video version of Kate's first birthday!  We hope you enjoy this little snippet as much as we enjoyed preparing, celebrating, cleaning up, and editing!


Kate's 1st Birthday from Just Be Productions on Vimeo.

***A note on Kate's birthdays.  If Kate wants a Halloween themed birthday party for the rest of her life, I will gladly plan, participate, decorate, bake, film, etc. as needed and wanted.  But I just really, really wanted one traditional birthday for her (and me) because, after all, it's her very first birthday, and I kind of anticipate there will be many Halloween themed parties in the future.  :)

Happy Birthday, Sweetheart!!!  WE LOVE YOU!!!