Friday, March 5, 2010

Baby Bear did indeed turn 1....

...way back in December that is. AND, even though life was at its craziest the week he turned 1 (we were moving our stuff to a storage unit in a week, getting ready for a long vacation, the temperature outside was in the teens, and we were still managing and dealing with a broken pipe and apartments getting flooded- that happened on his actual birthday), we did indeed still celebrate his birthday.... a few weeks later while on vacation at Eagle Crest with John's family. Grandma Sue and Aunt Heather went out and found a cute little cake, a candle, some ice cream of course, and some decorations and we sang happy birthday to our little Bear and let him have his way with the cake. He wasn't really into grabbing for it with his hands, but then he somehow got a hold of a fork and started going crazy making a mess of it! I think Jackson was more into the whole eating the actual cake & ice cream (he is our sugar-aholic, just like his mom), but Baron liked making a mess and being sang to! The whole reason I bring his birthday back up though, is because the other day I was looking through pictures figuring out what I haven't blogged about yet from our trip and I came across a few birthday party pictures. So here they are!

The Cake

Singing Happy Birthday to Baron

Attempting to blow out the candle

trying to persuade him to dig into the cake... he was a little hesitant,

So I tried offering him a cupcake instead (while Jackson snuck in some frosting). He looked at the cupcake while deciding what he wanted to do,

looked back up at the cake,

and looked back at the cupcake again (with an idea formulating in his head),

and decided it would be fun to smash the cupcake into the cake. (it's the brown mound on the cake). Then he discovered the forks next to the cake...

and that is when the fun started!



So proud of himself! Love this little guy!!


This whole post is just to let Baron know that he is not the forgotten middle child... we still celebrated your birthday, even if I didn't post about it until 3 months later!!

7 comments:

WASHINGTON SOUTHWORTHS said...

Happy Birthday Baron! The 1st birthday is always so fun... hard to believe he is already a year old. He's such a handsome little dude!
Great pictures (and cute top, Steph!).

[Looking forward to the Zoo on Tuesday... My friend Danae and her 1-year old may also be coming.]

Christi said...

I love all the pictures. I love seeing how they do with the cake for the first time. Such cute pictures!!!!

Shalene said...

The cake was tasty!! i was lucky to snag a piece before baron got to it : ) next birthday i bet will be better.

Shannon said...

I love this post! I was cracking up about the cupcake into the cake! Okay, that last picture especially. . . dang, you need to enter him into Regis and Kelli's beautiful baby contest! I swear, he really is beautiful ( sounds weird to say a boy is beautiful i know, but he just is!)

Stephanie said...

He is such a cutie! Yea, big number 1! Love the cake. Happy belated birthday to Baron! :)

The Yates said...

cute pictures! he has the cutest little face. and i love your top :)

Britt and Josh said...

he is such a BABE!! and hes gettin soo big. cant wait to see you guys again!