Makin's BIG Birthday Day!

And boy was it BIG!

Early morning presents...he didn't know what to make of all these fun new things for him when he first woke up. Lorelei pretty much just unwrapped while he happily just played with whatever got unwrapped. We tried to get him to do it and he didn't really have much interest. :) Then of course, our Mickey Mouse pancakes! He actually really seemed to enjoy it this morning. Must have known it was a special day. (He has gotten really picky about his breakfasts and hardly ate his on Lor's bday.) He was NOT happy about the hat, so this is the last time you will see it. But isn't it cute!?



Then, off to get...his hair cut!

So, at this age it was pretty hard to decide what to do with his hair. I mean with girls you can just keep letting it grow because you want them to look like a girl, but his was to the point of a little long, but the curls were so cute...anyway the don't-want-him-to-look-scraggly-and-I-keep-looking-at-it-thinking-its-a-little-long won out, so gone are the curls and here we have such a handsome little man.



He had taken a 10 min cat nap in the car so I was a little worried how he would do. He did okay just sitting but then when she put the little "cape" on he started crying. Notice I took a picture of him holding my hand. After just a few tears he got distracted by the tv and did just fine.

All spiffed up and ready for his party...a little too ready. Guess who decided he didn't need a nap when Mommy needed to frost his cake? Yup! But then WHILE frosting the cake he got tired and whiny. Thank goodness Brad was home to help out so I could get it frosted before putting him down for a quick late nap. The 30 min got him through the party till bedtime.












And we had his party on his actual birthday. It worked out better for both families invited to do it on Thursday instead of the Saturday we had originally planned, so Thursday it was! And the little snag we ran into...I realized around 9:30 pm Wednesday night that I did not have any food die for the frosting...not good! This meant running to the store after the haircut and then frosting it during nap. Which as you read earlier, was extra tricky. But it got frosted in time and the only thing I was still doing was cutting watermelon when people arrived. :) And my favorite of the decorations was the wall with his pictures from the year across it.

We could not have had a better 1st Birthday party...except for having ALL our friends and family there, but we were just happy to have those we did.



This is while he was being sung to. As you can see the cake is not cut yet someone has some blue frosting already on his mouth... ;)



From top left to bottom right is the actual order of pictures taken while eating the cake. He took a while to get started but then dug right in and at the whole thing. :) He loved it!

We had a low key night for the party, Brad grilled burgers and the kids played outside for most of the visit. We even broke out the sprinkler after cake and they had a lot of fun. We were so glad to have Uncle Bob and Auntie Di here to celebrate with us as well.


Annnnd another attempt at a family picture...maybe next time, but Lorelei cracked me up anyway. :)


And both kids crashed despite the sugar rush and Makin slept VERY well after two days of short naps and so much partying. Thank goodness! :)