Ben's invites are out!

I got the idea for the invite from Pinterest here's the direct link to the blog

http://3peasinapodpapercrafts.com/2012/01/30/updated-invites/

I found the poster she worked off of online and then revamped it to also include the street sign picture with Ben's name. I also printed the background first and then cut out each car and taped them to the invite with foam tape to give the invite some dimension.

If you leave a comment and would like the template I am happy to share. I just couldn't figure out how to post the word document here.

Way too long!

OK I know it has been WAY TOO LONG since my last post. so here's a catch up on things that have gone on since May. Some may be out of order but we've been busy, I'll try to resurrect the blog... I've got some fun coming up for Ben's birthday!

ICE CREAM! July 4th

My oldest "Son" got married in August

Fried Chicken!

Ben dressed up for a wedding

Gator Football!

The Neubauer Family at the cabin!

Santa was still a no go

Stop by the Swamp!

Homemade Gator Pinata

At Butters'  wedding

Ben was Handy Manny for Halloween

Ben with bailey at my sister's

21 Months!

Children's Museum wore Lucas and Ben out!

Feeding the Giraffe

Parksdale Farms Strawberry Shortcake!

Pictures with Stephanie Hamlet

Saturday we took family pictures with Stephanie Hamlet Photography, we drove about an hour south to Peachtree City to meet up with her. Ben took a nap on the way down. We had fun taking pictures, Ben was in a GREAT mood, and I was crossing my fingers that she captured some good ones.

We took pictures by a lake and at a farmers market. After we left the farmers market (with some bread, cookies, and jam) we grabbed some lunch and got on the road back to home. We were almost home when I got a notification that I had been tagged in pictures on Facebook. She had already posted some sneak peek pictures!!

Oh My, as I flipped through them I loved the next one even more. Here are 5 of the 11 photos that she shared with us on Facebook.



I was trying to bribe him to step away from the fence. Not so much.



Here's a link to the rest of the pictures on Facebook: Facebook Album

I can't wait to see the rest when she posts them later this week. Well worth the drive to Peachtree City!!
If you are looking for a family/child photographer in the Atlanta area, check out Stephanie Hamlet Photography. She also does weddings.

Weekend Tidbits

Ben wasn't a fan of the Easter Bunny, death grip on Daddy's shirt.

Easter Egg Hunt

YAY! Davis and Ben playing with the eggs!

Someone is FINALLY getting closer to walking.

The Easter Bunny visited

At church

Playing in the front yard with Phillip.

His loot from the Easter Egg Hunts!

Ben's party

This entry is more about how I created the theme for his party. If you know us well you know we are Gators, we bleed orange and blue! So naturally Ben's first birthday theme was gator!



All starts with a cute invite.

I did the invites using a card kit I found at Target that came with cards, envelopes, and the green paper. I cut out the gator from one I found on the website I ordered his shirt from. (So they matched)

I decorated with his monthly picture next to his gator (Albert).

 I got the cable and kit from Ikea, it worked out perfectly to hang all the pictures I took of him each month to show how much he's grown and changed.

With my sister's help and the help of Hello Cupcake we decorated the cupcakes as gators.

I made 3 kinds of cupcakes: Vanilla, Hot Chocolate, and Applesauce with Buttercream frosting. For the gator shaped "cake" I made 24 mini cupcakes and we laid them out on a cookie sheet, the scales were Oreo cookie 100 calorie packs, the teeth were shaped marshmellows, and the eyes were frosting and M&Ms.

These were free hand

Orange and Blue balloons and a gator football player... must have!

The birthday boy in his Birthday shirt for his 12 month picture with Albert

The shirt is from Izzy B Designs, Jerica makes amazing shirts!

Ben had a great time eating his Applesauce cupcake!

Weekend Bits

I know, I've been a slacker and haven't updated in a while. To see pictures from the end of February visit here: http://neubauers.shutterfly.com/
Since we've been home from our trip to Florida we had a surprise visit from Grandpa and Carol.

He's pushing the walker around everywhere and loves to crawl into and sit in his little racetrack.

His school did a Mardi Gras parade and he had a great time pushing his shoebox float around on his walker. He was a champ.

Now on to this past weekend...

Ben had a rough one, he spent quite a bit of time like this... He cut 2 teeth Friday night but I believe there are still more coming.

But he did cheer up for enough time to have a play date with a neighbor's little boy Phillip

Phillip is 6 months old and a cutie. They will have many fun play dates in the future.

Daddy had his first putting lesson with Ben