Parenthood truly goes from good, to better, to best. It gets more fun every day! And it's only been a year...I still have eternity to build on, add that to more kids, and more years with all of them, and whoa, I don't think I could think of anything more fun ;)
So back to his birthday. It was a great day, he woke up happy, I sang Happy Birthday to him as I went to get him in the morning, we went on a run, played, read books, and went to Target. You know, all those fun birthday things you do. But Dave did happen to surprised us by meeting us at Target on his way home from work...that's always a fun surprise to run in to someone you love while your shopping and least expect it. I skipped Mutual that night so we could have a night together and we celebrating by going to Chick-fil-a for dinner, I know, classy. We NEVER go out to eat in the middle of the week, so it really was quite the treat. Link got to sip on our peach milk shake and eat nuggets and waffle fries. By the time we came home we had missed his prime and he was pretty tired, but we presented him his lightening McQueen car, which he was more interested on getting off of than on. Then stripped him down to eat his cake. I tried setting him on the middle of our table which presented a problem when he wanted nothing more than to be held. We sang to him, lit a candle, and plopped him down just in time for a picture. He didn't want to touch his cake, much less eat it, He didn't even want me putting it in his mouth to show him he would like it. He just wanted his bath and bed. Well, since it was his birthday, we did just that. A little anti-climatic for a first time mom and her baby's first birthday. But I knew he would get another shot at it Saturday. And it was still a great day with my not-so-little-baby-anymore boy.
Saturday we had our families up to a Park near us for a little party. It was an overcast day and actually quite cool, especially for being Texas in September. I was hoping for sunshine and heat ;) I made some pulled pork for sandwiches, and cupcakes and fruit pizza. Never having had a birthday party of my own for as long as I have lived has kind of handicapped me in party planning. That and pinterest made me feel really boring. But we had food, family, and fun which is about all I could ask for. The park was perfect for the 13 kids we had there. However, I think 12 months old is bad timing for a child to turn one. At least this child. He just barely started getting his teeth and it has made him a little temperamental. I think he would've been a lot more content say, a month or so ago. Again he didn't want his cake, both times we tried. (The first time we sang to him my phone didn't 't record, so they all humored me and sang again) The singing he loved. But the wanting to eat his cupcake, he didn't. He liked his presents that everyone so generously gave him, and he liked all of his cousins joining in on the feeding frenzy of opening them. He liked his Birthday balloon. He liked his balls, and trucks and books that he got. What he didn't like was when The U beat BYU :(
But I'd say it was a pretty good way to celebrate the day of his birth :)
Since He hardly touched his cake from his birthday, I tried letting him devour it again that Sunday, in his high chair. It didn't help, three strikes we're out. He just didn't care for it. But at least he humored us enough to touch it and pretend ;)
The only thing I wish we had, was my brother Dave here (and of course the rest of our long distant family here!) to take some cute pictures of him turning 1 . I was going to say of him in a cute hat and tie eating his cake somewhere with a great background, but since I now know how fond he is of that whole idea, maybe it's just as well I only have the camera on my phone to capture his target made bakery cupcake. Like I said, very anti-climatic. Well, my first birthday was spent in the car somewhere between Missouri and Utah with a cupcake and punch balloon, and I still turned out OK ;)
