LT's First Birthday

So...looking back through old posts we realized that we somehow forgot to do a post about LT's first birthday in December of last year (sorry Little Man).  Figuring this would be easy enough to get through, we soon realized that all of our pictures from December 2013 were lost when our laptop drive died (time for a less-lazy backup policy).  Fortunately, Grandpa had some pictures so we were able to post a small, and very late post.

LT's party was a small celebration at the house with friends and family.  He was really getting into dinosaurs, so we went with a dinosaur-themed party.  The cake from Target turned out much better than the racist monkey we got from Publix for LC's first.

LT really enjoyed having all of the people around and being the center of attention.  He did well with the decorations, presents and singing, with the only hiccup coming during cake time.  He was doing well eating the cake with his fingers when he decided to go all-in face first.  Everyone started laughing when this happened and he immediately shot up, crying uncontrollably.  We spent a few minutes trying unsuccessfully to comfort him; he finally came back around when he realized there was more cake to eat.

Cake started out so well...

HOW DARE YOU MOCK ME

We had a great time at the party and were so happy to see our little man turn one.  It was a somewhat trying first year, but he crossed the threshold and has been growing ever since.  Now that it's almost December again, it's time to start planning the second birthday party.  Based on his current interests, it will likely be some combination of Mickey Mouse, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, and Doc McStuffins...should be interesting.

Happy (extremely belated) Birthday!

With Aunt Ashley

Why did he get presents?  WTF is this balloon going to do for me??