Ady's Birthday Party Recap

The colorful decorations weren't matchy matchy and not worthy of pinterest pinning.
The delicious drinks weren't served in special cups with cute straws.
And the fun activities didn't cost us a penny.

But it was perfect. Just perfect.

Derek and I didn't do anything for Drew's 1st birthday except have a small celebration while we were in KC. We hadn't made many friends in Cleveland yet and just enjoyed his birthday as a family of 3. But with Ady I knew I wanted to have a get together with our friends and some good food. The MAIN thing I wanted to spend money on was the BEST barbecue from Kansas City; Jack Stack. Derek's parents were driving up for the week and brought the 10 pounds of burnt ends and 2 gallons of cheesy corn bake that we ordered. We then also prepared a couple other food items, ordered cupcakes, loaded up on beer and I made 3 batches of Summer Brew.

Our friends have this awesome water rock wall and slide and that was a HIT with the bigger kids. The babies hung out around the baby pool, water table and sprinkler, but really just enjoyed trying to pull each others bows off.

Then it was time for Ady to dive into her birthday cake. She was dainty and meticulous but absolutely loved it and would have eaten for hours had we let her.

The cupcakes were a much easier idea than cake in my opinion! No slicing and serving, just take and go! And yes, that's my kid first in line for one....

It was a fun time with good food and good company. Just the way I like it!