Perfectly Imperfect Mom

Our attempt at pictures in the backyard

My Boogie and Me!

Ace and I woke up and headed to Target while Branden went golfing. We may or may not have gone a little crazy buying clothes, more birthday party supplies and some food. Then we headed home, had lunch and Ace man went down for a nap.



Bran got home and we had Ace's 1 year pictures taken by the most fabulous photographer Dawn. She seriously has a true talent with children. Ace was so tired and getting cranky by the time she got here and we were wondering if he would be in the mood to take pictures. She got him to smile and laugh the entire time. She also had some amazing ideas for pictures and I almost teared up when we got a picture of him in my Grandpa's old brief case and shirt. He is who Ace is named after so it was a touching moment for me. She also got a picture of him with my old blanket. She got some great shots. I can not wait till we have our viewing session so we can see the finished photos.
After that Branden took over with mini man and I headed over to my sisters. We had dinner and talked "business". We are starting out very own Etsy shop and went over all the details including a business plan, store policies, name ideas, did lots of brainstorming and had some beer and wings while we were at it. It was a good time.

Troublemaker!

Ace slept in till 10AM (seriously this kid is awesome). Then we had breakfast and headed to church and met up with my cousins. Then we came home had lunch, Ace went down for a nap and Ashley and I worked on our shop some more. Picked a name, Perfectly Inviting, and got to work on the templates and creative part of the shop. We are so blessed to have all this coming together. We spent the entire day just working away and I think we have a great store. I will be posting more on that later.

My Mantel

4th of July Subway Art from our Shop Perfectly Inviting

Overall the weekend was busy but we got even more things checked off Ace's birthday to-do list and even got our store off the ground.

Hanging with his buddy Simon

Here is an updated version of the Birthday To-Do List!


Ace's Birthday and Baptism To-Do List

• Pictures
• Smash Cake
• One Year Old
• Baptism Outfit
• Order Cakes
• Smash Cake
• Cupcakes
• Order Party Supplies from Oriental Trading
• Make Smash Cake Album for Party
• Organize Party Supplies that we have
• Make Invitations
• Mail Out Invitations
• Make and Finish Ace's Wish list
• Order Ace's Birthday Outfit
• Hire Lifeguard
• Make Birthday Wreath
• Finalize Food with Mom and Celeste
• Get Final Headcount
• Make Goody bags
• Organize Prizes and Games
• Set up Baby Changing Station
• Make reservations for Baptism dinner with family
• Set up and Enjoy the day!


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LOTS of cutting!

Last night after work I went over to my sister's house and we got to work on Ace's birthday invitations. I just have to say my sister is AMAZING! She has a true talent. She has made all my invitations from my bridal shower to now. She also put together an awesome itinerary for my wedding when we were in Vegas. When she showed me the final product it was better then I had imagined. First of all the paper  my mom bought to print them on was so cool. It was shimmery and so when she printed everything on them it just gave them more of a pop. She also made it so they popped out from the background and it just gives them a nice touch. I can not wait to hear what everyone else thinks of them.

Looking like a hot mess but we had wine!

On that note it was a fun girlie night. Our friend Alexis came over to help and I just love her. We all were laughing the entire night. It was a bit of a tedious process with lots of cutting and sticking but we got them all done. Now we just need to print out addresses and mail them out. I am a little behind on getting them out but I made an event on Facebook so most people already know the date and time.

I am still in shock that his first birthday is coming up so quickly!