Feeding himself

This video is actually from Sunday, but I thought it deserved it's own post.

Stephen started feeding himself with a spoon!

Sunday Funday

Today has been kind of surreal.   All the party preparations kept my mind off of the fact that my baby was turning one, but today it really hit me.  He's one.  He seems so much bigger to me today than yesterday.  But just as sweet and precious!!

We had a great day as a family.   These are the days I live for, just the three of us spending quality time together.  We rarely get days like this so when we do, we really enjoy them!

When he saw his rocking chair that morning he was so excited and kept climbing in and out of it.  He was also obsessed with the balloons.



I sent Aunt Linette a text telling her that he loved his chair and she asked if he could get in it by himself.  We shot a little video to send to her.



You can see all the toys still in our living room and yet all he wanted was the balloons.



He was also really into climbing on things.  He tried to climb onto the activity table and kept climbing onto his suitcase.



For breakfast I made him eggs for the first time.  Babies aren't supposed to have egg whites until they are a year old, so we tried them today since he is one!



He thought they were ok.  I also gave him some fruit which he preferred.  He will choose strawberries and cantaloupe over anything these days.



He was SO tired!  He didn't nap well before his party and he also went to bed late, so by breakfast, he was tired!





He took a great nap and was ready to play again.  He loved helping Daddy put his toys together.







He always likes to pick his big toys up.







He got these mini board books that he loves.  He got one from the living room and took it onto the hardwood and was flipping through it.



Then he layed down on his tummy to read some.



He loves his activity table.



Laughing at Daddy.  I just couldn't narrow these down, they are all so cute!









Did you notice the drool?  He is cutting some major teeth right now!

He helped Daddy push the trampoline outside.







He pushed it all the way to the back door.  Such a big helper!



Then we watched Daddy put it together.  We were told you just opened the box and it popped open.



Four hours later, it was all put together- haha!!

Stephen had already gotten a bath and it was almost bedtime, but we wanted him to try it out since Daddy had worked so hard putting it together.








I think it's safe to say he likes it!

Here is a video, it's kind of long, sorry about that.

First Birthday Party

It's a golf par-tee for our boy!!



We had so many family and friends come.  It was a great day!



Stephen loved having Christian and Everett to play with.





Sweet Livi



Stephen went over to Livi and wanted to touch her headband and Christian rushed over and told him, "no, no , leave the baby alone.".  It was so cute!  We had Stephen's first year video playing which is what you see on the tv.



Then it was time for cake!  The moment everyone had been waiting for.  I have made all of his food thus far and don't let him have sugar, so everyone couldn't wait to see what he was going to do with the cake.



He seemed excited, but then was like, "what is this?".



Looking at Daddy for re assurance.











I'm not sure if he was trying to share with Daddy or he wanted him to clean his hand.  He doesn't like his hands dirty like this, but he is also way into sharing.









After a few minutes, he was done!



How old are you Stephen?



Haha!  That above picture cracks me up!  He was just pointing at something, but it looks like he is holding up a one!  So cute!

Then it was time for presents.  The cake made his face break out really bad, so that is why is face looks a little weird in these pictures.



























After we opened the trampoline, he climbed right on it.





He got so many great gifts!  We are so thankful for everything and he loves all his new toys!

He was obsessed with the balloons.  Papaw tied him one into a slip knot and put it on his wrist so it wouldn't fly away.  He loved it!



















Uncle Aaron showing him how to work the cars.  You pull them back and let them go and they go on their own.









It was a great party and we were so thankful for everyone coming over to celebrate Stephen's first birthday!!

Ok, now for the details.  I worked SO hard on this party.  Months of planning, shopping and preparing plus many late nights the week leading up to the party.   But it was all so worth it!  I loved how everything turned out.

This was the dining room.



The entry



Close up of the right side of the entry



Close up of the left side of the entry



Aunt Linette painted this rocking chair for Stephen.  Isn't it awesome!!  I love it so much!  And Stephen loved it too!  He kept climbing in and out of it.



 Cake and cupcakes



I loved his cake!!





I had the utensils in jars like this.  We had BBQ to eat and I made a fruit salad.





I love these straws!!



Chalkboard in the kitchen



The mantel.  I love how this turned out!  The photo banner is a picture of him each month.



Here is a close up of the photo banner.  It was so hard to narrow it down to one photo for each month, but I love the ones I chose!







Close up of the chalkboard.  I loved how this turned out!



The favors.  Since we weren't having many kids, I wanted something for the adults to take too.  I thought those gum balls were so cute!






Whew, that's it!!!  What a great party it was!