Of course we did the obligatory birthday cake. In both my family and Todd's family, the tradition is to give the baby his own cake and let him do whatever he wants with it. I was worried it would be unhealthy for Joseph to have so much sugar, but not that much really makes it to his stomach so I figure it's okay once a year.
He started out a little tentatively:
Then he started getting more into it:
Then we had to move him to the chair because he started crawling all over and getting frosting everywhere:
Then he decided to eat his hat:
At some point during every meal, he ends up deciding it's time to rub food into his hair; yesterday was no exception:
The finished product:
After that we bathed him. (And I decided that next time, we are just going to do the whole thing in the bath to begin with). The frosting actually left his hair and skin surprisingly soft and smooth. Then he opened a book from dad, and washed his cake down with wrapping paper:
We couldn't decide on a theme for his party, so we mixed-and-matched with his favorite things -- beach ball plates, dump truck cups, golf ball napkins, and there was an animal balloon that didn't make it into the picture:
His cousins Elena and Jonah (and Aunt Kiersten and Uncle Noah) came over for dinner and a little party:
His dad gave him his first set of golf clubs, and he loves them:
He actually chases balls around the floor and hits them with the clubs. It's pretty impressive:
He also got his little car (see post below) in the mail today. We thought he wouldn't be able to ride it yet but he can, and he loves it too. But no pictures.
We are so glad to have Joseph in our family. He is the happiest, sweetest little guy. Happy birthday, Joseph!
7 comments:
Oh my gosh, you guys! Those pictures are to-die-for! How perfect. He is the perfect cake-destroyer. We invited too many people to Soren's first birthday party and he was overwhelmed. When we put the cake in front of him, he cried. It was a disaster. We were so scarred by the experience that we didn't even make a cake for his 2nd birthday and we didn't invite anyone. We just got Jamba Juices and opened a basket full of wrapped toy cars. :) Anyway, too much info. I'm glad that Joseph can already ride the car! He's way more advanced than Soren was at his age if he can do that! Happy Birthday, J-Dawg!!! :)
What a happy birthday. I wish i was there, I love your baby...and you and todd for making him! Love you guys!
I love your baby too...but not the logistics of how he came to be, like Lindsey does. She is obviously baby hungry.
I am glad it was such a good day! I can't wait for Mexico!
We love that baby! And at least Joseph wasn't as bad as Jonah, who rubbed frosting in his eyes and made me feel like a terrible mother...
poor soren ... yeah, todd had the foresight to realize that if we had people over for the cake part, joseph would be too distracted. so we did that with just the three of us, and had his cousins over later. hope you guys are getting better!
I LOVE it, what great pictures.I'm thinking of letting Brigham do that this year, but we'll need a bigger tarp.
Cute. as. possible. Those cake pictures are the best...way to go, Joseph!
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