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Anyone not have a big to-do over LO's 1st bday?

slizsliz
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We are moving to a city far from close friends or family. Unless we travel to see grandparents, Asha's first bday will likely be the three of us doing a weekend getaway...no party. Probably some pics at Sears or portrait innovations. I'm not into the smash cake thing.....any other ideas for low-key but special first birthdays?
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  • naflmjnaflmj member

    I think a weekend away and photo's is perfect...she won't know the difference anyways and you have plenty more years to stress over big parties.

    We had a smallish party for G (25 people, mostly family and a few close friends) and I really only did it because I felt like I had to. DS was so tired because it was in the middle of nap time and had no interest in much of anything. It was cute and a nice memory but it's not going to scar her for life if you skip it. She likes attn from you guys just as much and will enjoy a nice weekend! 

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  • Smudges*MomSmudges*Mom member
    Compared to most, my LO's birthday party was low key. Both sets of grandparents came into town for the weekend. Then for the "party", a girlfriend came, as did LO's BFF and his mom and dad--for a total of nine adults and two little ones. We had grilled dinner and had cake (LO had a smash cake). It was low key, and right for us. We had recently moved, as well. The only person who was at the party who had lived in town for longer than two months, at the time, was my girlfriend. Everyone else was either visiting or had recently moved (Grant's bestie and his family had arrived in town for their move the previous day, frankly, it was luck that they were here!)

    Honestly, a low key, get-away weekend, especially for her first birthday, sounds great. She won't remember. To me, first birthday parties are for the parents. Do what y'all want. Celebrate Asha and your first year together! Don't feel pressured to make a big to-do about it, you have enough stress with the move.
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  • ela81ela81

    I think your plan sounds great. We had a little party for Isabel but, we live close to family and friends. If we did not I would just want to do something special. I know me and I would have to buy a little pack of 1st birthday plates or something. Do what you want to do and it will be perfect. I did the party b/c I wanted to and we had people local to invite.

    Can't wait to see Asha's 1st birthday pictures!

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  • LIAngelLIAngel member

    Nicholas' 1st birthday consisted of the following:

    1) Pizza

    2) Cake

    3) Guests included: Me, DH, Nicholas, Mom, Sister, BIL, Niece and Nephew

     We don't really have friends here.   

    I'm thinking Ava's 1st birthday will be pretty much the same thing. 

    Oh and we did the 1st birthday pictures at Sears.   

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  • GuitaristsGirlGuitaristsGirl

    That sounds great!

    For DS's birthday, we just had immediate family (DS's grandparents and aunts/uncles) - I  think there were less than 10 people.  It was perfect.

    The next day we took him on his first trip to the zoo, just the tree of us - and, honestly, it was wonderful and perfect and I would have been just fine if that had been all we did!

    We did have his photos done by our "regular" photographer, but we do professional portraits every few months anyway, so that wasn't really anything special. 

     

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  • alchrisalchris member
    We went to the zoo with some college friends, then ate cake.  IMHO all that counts about a 1st birthday anyway is getting good cake photos. :)  We didn't have a party until Kira turned 3, and we plan the same timeline for Elena.
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  • futrkingsleyfutrkingsley member
    Dh and I took the day off and we spent the day as a family of three.  We went to the children's museum, which DS LOVED, and had his favorite foods all day.  I made a tiny birthday cake, which he smashed but didn't eat.  A few days later we had a small BBQ at our park for him and his cousins who live close by and are the same age range.  It was low-key and nice but not fancy in any way (no games, no favors, no ice cream even -- just cupcakes!).
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  • lnlelnle
    We just had our parents and our nanny over to our house, made homemade cupcakes for the babies to eat, opened a lot of presents, took a lot of pictures.  We had a great low-key time!
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