Walker's Mickey Birthday Party!

Some say that having a birthday party for your one year old is a little over the top. but i think why not! i love planning parties and thinking of all of the decorations and cute things i can do for the party. sow when it came time to start thinking about walker's first birthday party i couldn't resist of doing mickey mouse. he loves watching mickey mouse clubhouse and disneyland. it was perfect! i saw a cute invite on esty and told myself that i could do something like that myself so i designed it and sent them out. it was fun to use my creativeness again. 

casey doesn't like the super themed parties and i sometimes think they look tacky to be honest. so i did everything in black, red, and yellow to get the feel of mickey mouse without over doing it. we did have some stuffed mickeys for decorations but nothing to crazy. i wanted a banner to hang somewhere that said happy birthday. My friend Aubry helped me with the banner since i am not super crafty but now getting better at it.

we had some food out for people to eat like hot dogs and chips and dip with some mac and cheese and potato salad. I also had lemonade and also fruit punch for drinks with water as well. i didn't mean for all the food to be yellow and red but it turned out that way. we didn't get to take a photo of the food table but i wish we did because it turned out great! i had cupcakes because really i like cupcakes more than cake and it is less messy in my option. I found an idea for the cupcakes on pinterest. they turned out way cute! thank goodness for pinterest!

walker got many presents from everyone that came. most of the presents had to something with disney or mickey mouse. what a surprise. i don't mind though. he loves them. most of his toys now are disney and mickey mouse. he got lots of toys and clothes. at first he didn't really know how to open the presents but once he figured it out he did great. once he opened the present he just wanted to play with the toy so it look a while to open them all. thanks everyone for the gifts.

Many people give their kid a cake for their first birthday to 'dig into'. I decided I didn't want to make a cake and then it just be all over the place. So I made a cupcake for Walker to 'dig into'. Just like the presents it took him a while to get the hang of it but once he tasted that frosting their was no stopping him. He just ate the frosting and smashed the 'cake' part. It was a mess but it was still fun.

Walker got to have some family that is usually not around there for his party. My Grandpa, that lives in Mission Viejo, came down with my parents. Grandma and Grandpa Rozsa came as well. The most surprised person that came was my brother, Alex. He is in Provo going to school at BYU and was heading to China the next month for the summer so it would have been the last time we got to see him before he left for China. It was fun seeing all of our family and friends there. 

Thanks to everyone to came and made the day a great one for Walker and us! We love you all!

♥ The Schroeder

Walker Monthly Update - Month twelve!

I know this is way late but better late than never!!

my little walker is ONE!

can you believe it!

I can't believe that i have a one year old. this past year has just have gone by way to fast! it seems like i was bring walker home from the hospital from after being born. i am go grateful to have such a sweet little boy.

wears 12-18 months clothes.

size 3 diapers

size 3.5 - 4 shoes

takes about a 2 hour nap {on a good day}

loves to sleep with mom and dad {not so fun in a full size bed}

weighs 20 lbs 6 oz (25%)

31 inches tall (89%)

46 head cm

walker is not quite yet a "walker" yet but he is starting to show interest in it. my brother brad and sister in law got him a mickey mouse "walker" for his birthday so i hope that will help. he will walk if i am holding his hands but once i let go he goes right to the floor and starts crawling. i am not saying i want him to walk but i kinda do. i know that once he walks he will probably be running the next day since he is a mover and all he wants to do is go go go!

this past month walker has became a talker! he doesn't say many words only like 'mama' 'dada' 'baba' 'papa' 'dodo' but sometimes he seems like he is actually saying words. {story} one time we were getting ready to go to disneyland and i keep on saying to him want to go to disneyland, he then said something like 'disney'. it seems like it says words pretty clearly. he now puts anything up to his ear and acts like it is a phone. he will just i can't wait to have him talk. but he has lots of different sounds. it is exciting to see how walker is developing and how much he has developed this past year. Walker is starting to recognize things he like. for example he loves Mickey Mouse. He knows his voice when I turn Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the TV. He is starting to know who he is now. For his birthday we got him a stuff Mickey from Disneyland. Actually he is the one who picked it out. We gave him an option of one or the other and he picked the one we got him. Whenever he starts playing with it I tell him ''thats Mickey'' and now he looks at me and then Mickey and says 'meme.' it is probably the cutest thing! He somethings just says 'key' in a whisper but now it is more 'meme'. it is fun seeing his talking skills develop.

this little boy is a sneak. he loves to get into things that he isn't suppose to. he has sometimes even watch me to wait until i am not looking and then beam line it to whatever he wants that i don't want him to have. or he looks at me and then the thing he wants. {story} I was sitting on the bed with him and my phone was next to us. he wanted to get and play with it. i kept taking it away from him and putting it back where it was. and he started looking at me then the phone then back at me and did this for a few times until he thought i wasn't paying attention and went for my phone. he is a pretty clever boy.

walker loves to be outside. when the front door is open he seriously beam lines it to the door to get out there. it makes me feel like i don't take him out as much as i should, which sometimes i do stay inside somedays when i could be going outside. but when i do take him out and stand outside he is just in awe. he could just look and be outside all day if i would let him. and when i do decide it is time to go back inside and bring him in he screams and cries. i am glad he likes to be outside but somedays i would like to just relax inside. this summer will be fun to take him to parks and watch him play. along with his love for outside walker loves water. he could play in it for ever if i would let him. another thing i am excited about is taking him swimming his summer. it will be fun.

it is still shocking to me to say sometimes i have a one year old. to me he is still a little baby. but in reality he will always be my baby. this next year will be fun of new adventures and i can't wait to see what it brings for walker and also for our family.

♥ The Schroeder

The First 365 days of Walker Daniel Schroeder - Photo Book

When Walker was born we decided that we wanted to take a picture each day of Walker so we can see the changes he makes his first year. I am so glad we did. We decided to make a Shutterfly book of all the pictures so we have a book to look at when he gets older. Another great decision we made.

It is crazy to see how much he grows through the book. It makes me miss the little baby he once was. Now I play with him and can't stop myself from smiling about my little boy. He will always be my little walker.

The First 365 days of Walker Daniel Schroeder

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