Hello Little Scout || A lifestyle blog by Jamie Sefcik

Hello lovelies! Is anyone else super ready for the weekend!? Brady has been studying night and day for his part 2 boards that he will be taking next month and they cannot come soon enough! Oh, and just a little teaser... next week I will be hosting an amazing 
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Trust me, you won't want to miss it :)

I cannot believe our little guy is finally 1! Where did the time go? I honestly feel like we just had him and now he's talking, is going through a huge mama stage (not going to lie... I kinda love it), has 2 teeth (with 4 coming in any day), and is minutes away from walking! Could time please slow down?! His first year went so fast and we've been savoring every moment with him. I can honestly say it's been the best year of our lives. He is the greatest blessing. 

I had been planning for Bentley's 1st birthday since he was born (as I'm sure most moms are). There were so many great ideas I had found and so many things I wanted to do. Bentley's birthday was definitely a labor of love and I'm pretty sure I got a lot of slack from Brady that I was doing too much (I know, he's only 1) but, it was so worth it! Although I know he won't remember it, I will! And of course, we took lots of pictures so he will kind of remember it too ;)

Once I decided on the nautical theme for Bentley's 1st Birthday party, I knew we had to do his photo shoot on the beach! Bentley's nursery is a nautical theme (which I will be posting soon) so we were able to take a lot of pieces from that and incorporate it into his party! 

For his Birthday Photo Shoot, I ended up making this little sail boat for him to play in. I searched and searched and couldn't find any good tutorial on how to make a boat so, I just winged it. It is made from 2 boxes folded and glued together. Once it was all made, I spray painted it coordinating colors for his party and outfit. Easy peasy right!?!

We headed down to Laguna Beach on a Sunday afternoon hoping it would be less busy than a normal day (it was thank goodness).  With a full belly and everything set up, it was time to play!

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 This post includes a gagillion of pictures. When I had gotten home I realized I had taken over 500 pictures while we were there and this is probably only 1/3rd of them! Believe me when I say I cut it down as much as I could but it's really hard when he's adorable in every single one!

Here are our top picks from Bentley's Nautical 1st Photo Shoot

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Clearly, he takes his job pretty seriously.

I mean, how can you get much cuter!?

Dad gave him his first Gusher, he wasn't too sure about it!

That's a wrap!