With so many baby birthday parties this year, I figured we probably wouldn’t do anything for Delaney’s birthday that was too big. We had a little party (that actually felt pretty BIG) at our house on the day of her birthday with all of her baby friends and their parents.

The “theme” was Oh The Places You’ll Go. I had some very light appetizers for the parents including baked brie and all sorts of chips and dips. I put out apple squeezes and lots and lots of puffs for the babies, played some music, and that was that!

I half-executed the idea of having everyone share a memory or wish for Delaney and put it into a time capsule but as the babies got busy, I got forgetful and didn’t remember to tell everyone.

We had some balloons and I put together a makeshift “photo booth” for the babies to look like they were in hot air balloons – most of them despised standing in the basket but we got some cute pics of Delaney!

Finally, our favors (thanks to Emme!) were individual copies of “Oh The Places You’ll Go!” books. I wrote all of Delaney’s firsts with each of her friends on the title page of each book – special to that friend (like first boat ride, trip to the cape, birthday party etc.).

For the cake smash (which was the exact opposite of that), I laid down a tarp and let Delaney have at her mini cake I made. She didn’t eat any of it.. just wanted more guacamole!

It was so much fun to celebrate our girl, even if she wasn’t in the very best mood to do so (that’s like, a rule, right?). She eventually enjoyed her friends and mostly had fun showing her buddies around to all the non-toy areas of our house (our bedroom, the bathroom). We are so lucky to have such great friends to spend her day with and we look forward to celebrating many, many more with them!