We celebrated Jackson's 1st Birthday on July 11th. We had an Alabama themed party at our house for just a few people. Of course we had enough food to feed a small army but that is ok.
Of course like any party ours was not without a small incident. We decided before hand that we would have some pictures made of him on Friday night with a second smash cake so that Ashley would be able to take more time and get the pictures without all the distraction. Also we took several more pictures in his birthday shirt. So just after we finished the cake pictures we took Jackson to the bath tub so we could hose him down because he had cake from head to toe. After we washed his face we started to notice these blotchy red spots on his chin and his arm. Yep an allergic reaction but only on his skin. Other than that he was just fine. Later we investigated more to find out it is something in the icing on the cake but that is really all we know right now. So on Saturday at his actual party we only played in the cake for about 3 or 4 minutes and after his hose off we put Benedryl on his face and there were only a few very small break outs.
Jackson really enjoyed his party and showing off that he can walk now. We decorated the front yard with lots of our tailgating supplies including the tent and all of my Bama trays.
Jackson loved all the food especially the cake. We had 2 cakes 1 football cake which was chocolate cake, chocolate filling and chocolate butter cream icing. The other cake was the old school Bama logo with the elephant walking through the A. It was a vanilla pound cake and half of the cake had a cream cheese filling and the other half had a strawberry filling with a butter cream icing. His smash cakes were both small footballs with chocolate butter cream icing and a red #1.
Jackson also really liked all of his presents. But even more than that he really really liked the wrapping paper!!! He got so many neat toys, some clothes, a carseat for Daddy's truck, a DVD player, a bookshelf and some money. He is such a lucky little boy. 
3 comments:
It waas a great birthday party for a wonderful little boy.
I wish we could have made it. HC has was sick all last week. I saw the preview pictures and they turned out great! We met with Ellen about doing our wedding cake but we were too overwhelmed by all the choices to go with her. I have heard her cakes are fabulous. Happy Birthday Jackson!!!
Sounds like a lot of fun! I am going to try to call you today. My oldest baby is 10 today. :(
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