Rhitten’s first birthday party was such a blast! The party was circus themed and we spent SO much time getting everything together…practically everything was made by hand. By us. We were literally up until after 5am that morning baking cupcakes and his smash cake (AWESOME healthy recipe for Rhitten’s cake and the icing, which we altered just a little (left out the cinnamon and substituted the whole wheat flour for rice flour), and doing all of the final prep. It was so exciting to see it all come together, though, and he absolutely loved it!! Pamela (Ashley’s mom) made a TON of awesome food, we had fun little games for all of the kids to play as well as favors, “prizes”, a ticket booth, a “ball pit”, a popcorn machine…and a whole bunch of awesome family and friends to make the party complete! Oh, and I can’t forget that we brought the stereo and played circus music (and the Circus Afro song, of course!) which just made it even better! Rhitten got lots of thoughtful gifts, for which we are VERY thankful!!! Here is a sweet little fact sheet about Rhittie on his first birthday!

This little guy got all kinds of awesome gifts!!

This is our can toss which was a total HIT for the kids!

It is so hard to believe that our son is already a year old…it sounds so cliche but it seems like it was only a few months ago we were welcoming our little one into the world!! What an incredible year this has been and what a blessing little Rhittie is to us! He brings so much joy into our lives and is always making us laugh!! We couldn’t ask for a more incredible little boy and we look forward to the next year with him!