I agree completely. Immediate family and close friends. You have to have a cake just for the child. We had a #1 cake for both my chldrens first birthday, and they have a blast with it. We were cleaning cake out of their hair for a few days afterward. They don't remember it but it makes for good pictures and they really like to see the pictures whan they get older. Both my kids 11 and 7 love to look at old pics and just laugh at themselves.

 

I agree, this is memory making moments you will cherish for a life time.

We had the party today, twenty-one or two people, not an exact count, close family and friends. I think it went really well, we had food for everyone and my baby boy had a great time. He did however, not go for the little cake we got for him, we have trained him to well, he refused to put his hand in it :lol:

 

Everyone was waiting for him to dig in and it never happened.

 

The party was a great success in my eyes, my wife was happy and my son had fun, that was all that mattered to me. Thanks for all the advice I got here, I appreciate it.