Well, not really. Â B’s real birthday isn’t until Friday. Â But, we did have his birthday party on Saturday and we had such a fun time! Â The rain cleared up mid morning and we even saw some blue skies. Â Things started to dry out and about half an hour before his party started it poured. Â And apparently it hailed too, but I didn’t see that and people were kind enough to tell me after the party rather than before. Â We spent a lot of time blowing up these giant balloons for the driveway and when it rained they got weighed down and just laid in the driveway instead.
But, we didn’t let the rain stop us from having fun! Â We rented a trackless train from Train Party Express and they did such a fabulous job. Â I would highly recommend them if you are in Southern California. Â I was so grateful to them for operating in the rain! Â We ran out in between showers and by the time the train started it was pouring again. Â Everyone got wet, but we had SO much fun! Â The smile on Brayden’s face was priceless. Â He couldn’t believe there was a real train at our house!
We also had a face painter. Â Mariza from Lulu Face (lulufacepainting@gmail.com)Â was awesome! Â All the kids loved her. Â Here is B telling his buddys that he is getting a train on his arm.
Brayden did an awesome job blowing out his candles. Â I was a little scared he would get freaked out by everyone singing happy birthday to him, but he loved it! Â Good thing we practiced so much!
I could have not been prouder of my baby boy. Â He had SO much fun and I had so much fun watching him with all of his most favorite people. Â Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us! Â Thank you for being in our lives! Â We had such a great time! Â Can’t wait to do it again next year!
Here are the details for the party:
Beautiful invitations from So Divine Designs!
Awesome cake from Beverly’s Best
We spent all morning blowing up balloons to cover the whole living room ceiling. Â Big hit with the kids!
Favor bags. Â Inside there were train conductor hats (pink for the girls, blue for the boys), a train whistle, and bubbles.
I love my Cricut!
PS Â Two years ago was my due date. Â Boy, was I mad when I knew this kid wasn’t coming on his due date. Â I had to wait 4 miserable and long days until we finally forced him out. Â I think he would still be in there if we wouldn’t have yanked him out. Â But, it was worth every second of pain and misery to see how happy this kid was at his party. Â I love him!
Holy cow now that is an amazing party! And your pictures of it are beautiful of course. Glad the rain let up enough for everyone to go on the train.
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For someone who says they aren’t very creative, you sure pulled it off! Great Job! And he looks like he was the happiest kid in the WORLD! =)
All the decorations are amazing!! You are so creative!!! The train idea is fab!! Makes me want a little boy so I can do this kind of fun stuff!
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Could he be any cuter?! And you adapted the hair so well to the rain! Super cute party – it looks like you thought of everything. I’ll have to come back and take notes for my little guy’s big day.
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B is so cute! He looks like he had so much fun. He has a good mommy and daddy.
Wow! What a beautiful party, great job Mom!
Thanks for having us over!!! Olivia had so much fun!! Can’t wait for next year!
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What a FUN party! I love that you had a train come to your house! What a great idea! So glad the rain cleared up a little bit. I loved all the party details….the cake, the banner, the invites & favor bags. Great job! B is adorable & looked so happy! Happy Birthday Brayden!
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Such an awesome party! I’m inspired by you to make my baby girl’s 1st birthday amazing too! Thanks for sharing all the cute details you did an awesome job.
I LOVE the pictures Drew!!! Thanks again for inviting us to one of the COOLEST birthday parties ever! You did an amazing job. Dakota loved it, and so did we! =)
What a great party! The decorations are beautiful!
Happy 2 years Brayden! Such a special birthday. Love all the work and detail you shared with your pictures, Drew. Your pictures will be such a great reminder of this event. Glad you didn’t let the weather dampen your plans. Pure joy in your boy’s face….priceless!
Hey Drew! You and Chuck threw an awesome party. Wow- soooo fun! Your home is beautiful (and I love your office/studio… so cool!!! We need to have a boy so we can have a train party too. Either that, or Lulu needs to have a train/squirrel party. Thanks for letting us be a part of Brayden’s special day. Woo woo! … I mean Choo Choo!! Love you guys!
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Very Cool Drew! You are so creative and a fun Mom! Happy 2nd Birthday Brayden!
What a great party! Happy 2nd Birthday to Brayden!
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I can’t believe he’s two already! I remember reading your blog when you were pregnant. His party looked like so much fun and the decoration and cake looked amazing! I’m jealous of your cricut! I want one so bad!
Happy Birthday Brayden!
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Okay, I started out reading this and thought… “Oh good! It didn’t rain at the party!” Only to read a little more and find out it did! Sigh… I am so sorry, but it looks like the rain didn’t put a damper on the fun for you guys! Drew I LOVE the details at this party! AWESOME! Made me want to be a kid again and come to this party! haha! Those invatations are so stink’n cute! I hope you saved one for him to look back on one day!
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WOW!!! That looked like an amazing party!! LOVED the picture of you guys with B’s cake, what a cute family
Thanks for letting us see into your life. BTW you said you were not crafty…. You are sooooo crafty!
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LOVE, LOVE, LOVE all the decor! Happy birthday Brayden! My son also had his birthday party this weekend. His name is Justice and he turned five. Aren’t boys fun?
Oh My! I love how you took the thomas colors and made the party fresh and fun and SO adorable! Luv the old coke crate and the simple brown paper bags for the favors. The balloons on the ceiling are a great touch too. Your photos are so fantastic, I could stare at them all day. I wish I had you to photograph all my kids’ parties…and, well, everything else in our life:)
thanks for sharing, you did a FAB job!
lOVE all the decorations. Everything looks so perfect. Who cares about the rain! Drew, where did you get the coca cola crates? I just picked up a pepsi crate at Pottery barn for a future baby shoot. I think I may steal your sucker and m&m favor idea for the picture. You are sooooo creative! Great colors. Choo, choo!
The party looks like it was such a hit! You can tell from your post how much you truly love and care for Brayden, you are such a great Mom!
Drew sooo love it! I went all out for Seth’s 1 year party and enjoyed every waking moment leading up to it! Love all the decor…!
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So awesome! That cake is so completely Dr Seuss’ish – i adore it! Glad you guys had fun
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That looks like the coolest party ever! The rain made the pix even better!
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All the decorations are sooooo adorable Drew! Will you design my kids’ b-day parties when I have kids? Seriously! I’m glad the rain didn’t ruin the fun.
Um, yeah, I think you could totally add party planner to your repertoire! Everything was gorgeous! And I LOVE that first shot of B running out to the train, I can imagine just what he looked like from the front, you can just feel the joy. Love it!
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where do i start? everything is the coolest! i love it. a train at a birthday? that is the most killer thing ever….who knew that ou could do that. i think there are more choices in cali than kentucky for sure. ella’s bday is in december so it wouldn’t probably be an option. i love the big grin on b’s face. he looks so full of joy. oh, and i love that cake….and the favors….and the invite….i absolutely adore it!
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Aw that’s so sweet:) His little smile just made me smile. What a bangin’ party, I don’t think I’ve ever had such a cool party! Lucky boy!
YOU ARE AMAZING!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRAYDEN!!!!
Oh my word….that is the BEST birthday party ever! All the details are fantastic (You can rent a train? Who knew! You probably have a few more options out there in California than we do here in KY…). The cake looks delicious. But the best part of all? The look of unadulterated pure JOY on little Brayden’s face. Happy Birthday!!
Oh shoot – this could NOT be any cuter. I love all of it and he does look super happy. Thank you for sharing the details. I am seriously in love with the invites. Looks like a BIG success!
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Oh my goodness! I love birthdays…enough to celebrate all week and I have decided I don’t mind if we did half birthdays…but YOU have mastered the party thing! I LOVE IT!
LOVe your pictures…yes! You are an amazing photographer!
LOve the pettiskirts!
YUP! Basically I am in AWE!
i love your site. i don’t always check it, but my baby just turned 2 too! i love all of the details of your choo choo party! i’m going to do a superhero one on Sat. Not as many fun details, but I LOVE how you did up the party. I was thinking that boys don’t get all of the frills and thoughts for their parties, but you proved me wrong. maybe next year:)
i also checked out your site when figuring out what camera to buy. i got the cannon rebel. next purchase is the 50mm lense. thanks for everything!
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Fun! Fun! Fun! I am SO crashing his next birthday party
You did a fabulous job….I love everything….and you MUST tell us how you created those tissue flower/ball thingys!! And I’m buying a cricket. LOL
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Oh my gosh! What a neat party! I think I’ve said before that I have two boys who love trains! They are almost 7 and 4. I have done so many train parties too! I love that you got a “real” train to come & give you guys a ride. I love that! By the way, the invitations were awesome! Happy Birthday B!
drew! this part is off the TRACKS! lol
super cool and totally inspired to make my little girls bdays more creative
Looks like a great day Drew. Great balloon idea. Hope you are doing well.
What a MARVELOUS second birthday party!!!!!! Your details are just so lovely! I’m in love with your sucker display and you invite— to sweet! ohhhh ya and that cake—
:) Happy Bday to your little man!
Hi Drew!
What an amazing party! I am throwing Christopher a similar party at the end of this month and I want to know where you found the cute fabric for the banner/pennant and the lollipops? They are such a cute addition to the party and add so much! I love this party! So glad you all has so much fun!
Seriously, most adorable party EVER!