Bowden Life 101: Brooks Turns One!

Our precious baby boy Brooks had his FIRST birthday party a few weeks ago! How did a year fly by so fast?! We're so blessed to have had so many great friends and family join us to celebrate this sweet milestone in our little one's life. I can safely say my heart is so full! We went with a fun Fireman themed party and our little Fire Chief, Brooks, thoroughly enjoyed himself!! Here are ~~some~~ a whole lotta pics of our fun day. :)

B is for Brooks! Our cute door hanger from Kirkland's

Balloons: Party City

The fire truck I used as a vase on the table was from Brooks's Great Aunt Mary Ellen.

She sent it to us when we were in the hospital when Brooks was born. It stuck in my mind even in the chaos and excitement of having a new baby that I would love a fireman theme for his first bday celebration! The red burlap came from Walmart and his invitations from zazzle.com

Have you ever seen a cuter fireman?! I mean, seriously, this kid is cute!!

Chalkboard source: Kirklands. I used chalk markers from Joanne's Fabric.

I made the bow from ribbon from Walmart and tied a little firetruck from the $1 section at Target to the bow. Stop Drop and Roll!!

We served some yummy food!

Pasta Salad and Homemade Pimento Cheese

White cheddar popcorn and m&m's. The little popcorn bins came from

the Dollar Tree. No brainer! They are plastic so you can re-use them as well.

My all time favorite chicken salad from Chicken Salad Chick. We served two flavors, Classic and Cheddar Bacon Ranch. To die for!!

Monogrammed Fire Hydrant Cookies from Baker's Man

Custom sign I had made from zazzle.com

This highchair was made by my grandaddy and was especially important for me for Brooks

to use on his birthday! Fire hats courtesy of Firehouse Subs! Balloons and bib from Party City.

Fire Truck Napkins via Etsy

Me and my sweet one year old!!

Little friends in their fire hats!

Brooks and Daddy

He loved his jumbo cupcake!

Brooks and his buddies, Jones and Hudson

Brooks loves his Aunt Leah

Me and Brooks's "honorary" Aunt Kim!

Brooks and his wagon from Grandma and Grandpa!

The fam :)

Our sweet friend Caitlin and her precious daughter, Zoe.

Dalmatian Station. An idea from Pinterest! The dalmatians I ordered are from Oriental Trading Co.

and those were party favors for the kiddos to take home! I made the "station" out of poster board and simply used a red basket from the dollar store to hold the dalamatians.