I took this picture back in December 2009, during the World March for Peace in San Francisco. You can view the rest of the images from that day here. I posted it today, because this was chosen as a contest winner. It was also one of my favorite images of the day.

His party was SO much fun! And this tiny sneak peek doesn’t even begin to describe it :)

Can you say HOT? Everyone was cooling off the best they could… Sure, there was a pool but the birthday boy thought it was a lot of fun getting in front of the cool mist blowing fan (is it even called that way? I don’t know, but English is not my language so be creative and figure the name out yourselves)!

I confess, I have a thing for baby bed heads. Those make my son 10 times cuter.

He can be the sweetest thing ever…

Today my little guy is 11 months old. I can’t believe we are only a month away from his first birthday… WOW!

Speaking of which, now that I have sent them out and this post won’t spoil it for my guests, here are the birthday party invites.

[custom photo postage from zazzle.com]

I loved the stamps my husband ordered. Medium size works great on 4″x5.5″ envelopes – image is 1.1″x1.4″.

This party planning time is SO exciting. You would think that being almost ONE, my son is now sleeping through the night – and that I have all the time in the world to be crafty and creative. WRONG! He is most definitely NOT, thus I am one tired (wait, scratch that and put exhausted) mama. But I am still excited to lose those few hours of sleep over orange and blue paper pom poms and other decorations I’m making. The other day I uploaded an iPhone picture on my FB profile (by the way, I love the Hipstamatic app), the picture of a sewing machine. Wow, who would ever thought I’d be going to Target to get a Singer?! This first birthday party planning is making me do crazy things. Yes, you can call me Martha.

Of course, I’ll be sharing all the details… in time… I don’t want to spoil anything for my guests.

I’m in LOVE with this image and just had to share it. Shot on Friday.