Happy Birthday Babykins!! 1 year old!
We had a BBQ with hotdogs and chicken with our own special garlic and lime marinade. It was oh-so-delicious. Everyone brought salads or chips or drinks, and we had ourselves a feast.
Next we opened presents.
Of course, Joshua likes the bag better than the actual present.
He got some fun books.
He also got a shirt my mom made him and some new overalls, along with a few different sets of blocks with different shapes that you try to fit in the right holes.
He almost got the hang of ripping off the wrapping paper.
He also got a kiddie inflatable pool, which should be a lot of fun this summer, if the sun ever decides to show up.
After presents, it was time for cake and ice cream!
This is the cake I made for Joshua. I wanted to make an airplane cake and looked in my mom's cake decorating books and on the internet for ideas and found the design for this little airplane cake online. I took their idea and designed my own cake around it. My mom helped me with the borders (I can never get that squiggly border on top to look right no matter how many times I try), my dad helped me get the runway right, and Adam made the propeller for the plane.
We stripped Joshua down to his diaper, put him in his new high chair, lit the candle and sang "Happy Birthday." Joshua got the little airplane all to himself. Now that I think about it, I don't think we gave him any ice cream. Oh well. There's always leftovers.
This is new and interesting.
He liked playing with the frosting.
Some did eventually make it to his mouth.
Ryan thinks it's only fair to share. Just wait a few months, little guy, then it will be your turn.
This is about as messy as he got. He was pretty careful about the whole process. No throwing fistfuls of cake on the floor, no stuffing fistfuls of cake in his mouth, just lots of frosting everywhere. Afterwards we threw him in the bathtub and hosed him down.
Later that night Anika, Sean, Kacy, and Krissy stayed and played a few rounds of our new favorite game, Bang! It was good times. All in all, we had a great day!
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In other news, Joshua is healing well from his surgery. All the pain seems to be gone, and Joshua has gotten used to his new mouth and nose, and the fact that they are separated now. Everything is pretty much back to normal. He is able to eat very well, and is also sleeping well again. He thinks his sneezes are hilarious. I guess he is tickled by the fact that nothing comes up from his mouth and through his nose anymore when he sneezes. It's pretty funny to watch the huge grin and giggles he gets after he sneezes. He is a funny little guy.
He has three more teeth coming in: the bicuspid and canine on the upper right side, and the bicuspid on the upper left side. He also got his second haircut on Friday night. He screamed through the whole thing. He isn't walking yet, but he crawls around pretty quickly. He usually squeals when he crawls, especially when he's trying to chase the kitties, but he can be pretty stealthy, too. Sometimes I'll be at the sink doing the dishes and before I know it, he is all the way down the hall and in the bathroom in our room, all without making a sound. He's getting better at balancing by himself and walks pretty well holding on to our fingers. He certainly keeps me on my toes.
This past month he has discovered the lid drawer. It quickly became his new favorite toy.
Our kitchen floor is usually littered with lids. It's funny to watch him pick up the lids out of the drawer and throw them behind him over and over again. Throwing things behind him has kind of become his new favorite thing to do with anything he picks up: toys, diapers and clothes from the diaper bag, anything he can reach on the coffee table, etc.
It is so much fun to watch him in this transition period as he goes from being a baby and becomes a toddler. His personality is developing more everyday and he is always making us laugh. It's interesting to watch him try to communicate, especially these past few weeks. He just seems so much more eager and animated. I can tell there are things he wants to say, he just doesn't have the words yet. Life is definitely an adventure with a growing boy in the house! I can't believe he's already a year old!!
Awwwww, that almost made me start crying while reading that because he is just so dang cute and I can't believe how big he's gotten. Time really has flown by. I'm glad you guys had such a good time on Saturday and that fun was had by all. And kudos on the cake Lisa!!! I totally thought it was store bought because it looks so professional.
Can you guys believe you have a 1 year old!!???!?
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I sometimes have trouble believing it has been a year already. It's even more amazing to me that his surgery is all done with and that everything has gone so well with all of that. I think you would be really surprised to see and hold him now that he has grown up so much.
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