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At a thoughtfully planned firstbirthday bash in Washington Township, a “one-derful” time was had by all. Text by Haley Longman Photography by Alyson Barrow Photography
Baby’s first-birthday party? It’s really as much a celebration for Mom and Dad’s surviving the first year as for the 12-month-old who won’t remember a thing. So, for Christine and Chris Capecci of Emerson, it was a no-brainer that they’d host a big, lavish first-birthday party for their third and final child, Celine, just as they had for her older sister and brother. “That first year goes by so quickly, and there are so many milestones,” says mom Christine. “Throwing a big firstbirthday party is like, ‘Look, we made it!’” And Christine had a vision in mind Mom Christine Capecci poses with Celine, her “last baby,” at her “winter one-derland”-themed soirée at Seasons in Washington Township. “The party meant so much to us because it was the first big event we hosted since the pandemic,” she tells BERGEN. “It felt like a return to normalcy.”
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