Braiden turned 1 on Saturday March 6th, 2010. For the past couple months, I was thinking Braiden's first birthday was fast approaching, I wanted to plan a special party to celebrate his birthday. I had no idea what the theme would be, where would the party take place, how would the weather be (since you can't never know in Colorado) but, everything started with an idea. I was talking to Alexandra and Amanda Leon to get their opinion about the party, they suggested that the party's theme be Yo Gabba Gabba since Braiden loves watching the show (the suggestion sounded great to me but, I had no clue who Yo Gabba Gabba was so, I started to goggle the show and met the characters).
Since that moment, they volunteered to help with anything they could do for me. Once I had the party's theme, I needed to decide where to have the party, Julio recommended to have the party at the Church's building so, I called to reserve it and the building was available so, then I knew for sure the party's location. Once I had the theme and the location, I made and sent out the invitations and thought that the rest will be the easiest. Of course, being busy with the daily routine (Braiden, work, the house chores, etc), I actually started making everything the week before the party.
This special celebration ended up being a combined effort/team work, Alexandra & Claudia made the cake (Alexandra was definitively prepared with the cake's design way in advance), Danielle assisted in making the t-shirts, Monica (my friend and manager picked up the piñata) and Julio helped me making the candy bags, center pieces, the set up and picking up the food. Alexandra and Amanda did a great with the set up and decoration of tables and building, and putting together the party hats and blowouts. Amanda also took the time to put together the music CD. The photographer Steve Allen (capturing the special moments and memories), Jill Moyer (cutting the cake and making sure everybody would get a piece) Thanks to all who participated and attended, Braiden's 1st birthday party was a success, everything worked out the way I wanted it.
Yo Gabba Gabba t-shirtsby auntie Danielle Jordan
~ Braiden and his second mom ~
The birthday boy having fun playing ball with Kali
Braiden very excited to see Alexa(like it had been a long time, lol)
♫ Queremos pastel pastel...Happy Birthday to Braiden ♫
* Daddy & Braiden * 
Taking a break after the Dancey dance :)
Doing the Dancey dance......
Piñata time!! 
Kiddos having fun :) 
The little ones gathered around the piñata... 
Braiden takes his turn at the piñata!!! 
The food (giant sub, chips, pizza, salad and fruit)it was funny to hear kids saying
"wow, that's the biggest sandwich I've ever seen"
The piñata (I couldn't find a Yo Gabba Gabba one so,I had to add my personal touch to it
(pics of the characters to make it theme related )
The Leon's ~ Braiden's second family(Alexandra was hiding from the camera)
The AMFAM table (my friends from work) 
Mommy and Braiden getting ready for the cake...
Guests (family and friends)
The two 1 year olds and their mommies(Braiden & Spencer are 11 days apart ~
March 6th and March 17th)
Braiden's awesome Yo Gabba Gabba cakeby Alexandra & Claudia Leon
The Birthday boy!!
Yo Gabba Gabba center piecesby Claudia & Julio
My great helpers!! 
2 comments:
I meant to tell you that your post turned out perfect. I'm glad you got it figured out. Thank you for inviting us to Braiden's party. We had a lot of fun. It turned out GREAT! - Amy
Thanks Amy, I was excited that I figured it out. We were happy to have you guys there, it really was a special occasion and it was great to share it with your family.
See you tomorrow!
Claudia :)
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