The best day of 2011 was, hands down, the day my new lil' was born. Changed my life in more ways than one..or two, or three...or thirty!!! This year he smiled for the first time, he laughed for the first time, he crawled for all of two weeks, then he walked for the first time. January 2, 2012 was my Kendall Bear's First Birthday!!!!! And, since I have resolved not to wait for perfect conditions and celebrate every moment possible of 2012, it started off beautifully with my baby's first birthday bash.
My new lil' is so adventurous. So, the theme for his birthday was "Adventures Out There"! And I based it around the Disney movie UP.
This was my favorite picture (s) of the day....

the quick and easy birthday table...


I made this super easy Adventure Book Scrapbook to document all of the adventurous things that my new lil' gets into this year...

and this is the b-day cake which I was totally trying to make into some UP awesomeness, which wasn't turning out so marvelously and so I dumbed it down a bit and kept it simple. I'm no baker, people!

I got these popcorn cans at Target in Charlotte with my mommy. They turned out to be perfect for our UP movie night premier!

Disney had these awesome little printables that took way too much effort to cute and assemble but sooo worth the effort.

this was the only picture I got of my Kendall Bear with his birthday hat on. He has a STRONG dislike for hats. Period.



I set out mini serving of Cherrios since the lil' is so digging them right now...

Clearly, they must be some kind of good...


And, this was our little b-day boy set UP....

would have given anything and three dimes if the new lil' had decided to participate and LOOK at the camera for this one. But I love it anyway...


a little candle blowing help from his big brother...

I still can't believe we are parents?!?...

me getting in on some icing action... LorD knows I love me some buttercream...


now onto the movie...


the big lil' rocked his adventure-like aviator sweater he was gifted from his God-Parents, which was PERFECT for the occasion...thanks Nate, Meek and Morgie...

and the boys spent a little time in the tent...a.k.a the Alaskan Adventure...get it?

we kept the attendes small and simple... there will be many more years to have a house full of kiddos and today just wasn't one of those :)

me and the husband...



the peeps that made this possible...


and to my mommy who helped me find awesome stuff to pull it all together... I Love You!!! Wish you were here...
And to my Kendall Bear,
You're AweSomE. And, mommy LOVES you. That's ALL!!!
XoXo,
Syreena