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| Please remove the pointy birthday hat |
I’m wondering if 4 celebrations is a little overkill for
Paisley’s 1st birthday. “Yes”
you say? Yeah, it probably is, but that didn’t stop us from blowing up the
balloons and lighting the candles. After
all, you only go from “0” to “1” once.
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| Playing with his new toy in his new chair |
We kicked off the celebrations a couple weeks early by
heading to my sisters for dinner.
Paisley received his first birthday gifts from his Aunt. She had ordered him the cutest striped chair
that has his name sewn on the back. He
quickly took to the chair and enjoyed diving out of the chair head first. Boys!!
She also gave him a brightly colored wooden stacker toy. He isn’t into “stacking” quite yet, but he
does enjoy pulling the pieces off the base and scattering them throughout the
house. Just last night I found the
orange piece in our kitchen. Thank you
sister for having us over and showering our birthday boy with love.
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| The cake! |
Celebration #2 came in the form of a “fish-themed” party
held at New Harmonie State Park. We
invited our nearest and dearest and partied throughout the afternoon. This is when Paisley got to dig in to his
first piece of cake. He took to it like
a pro and expertly shoveled cake (mostly the icing) into his mouth. He’s so proficient at getting good food into
his mouth that I barely had to clean him up afterwards! There may have been just a bit of blue
frosting in his hair.
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| Enjoying each bite of his smash cake |
Little social boy went from guest to guest, happy to have
everyone celebrating with him. When it
came time to open gifts, it was amazing to watch him look into each box or
under the wrapping paper with excitement, then squeal and clap when the gift
was revealed. You’d think this kid
unwrapped gifts all the time! He
received some wonderful toys, books, and clothes.
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| The Fish3 |
I had so much fun planning this party and enjoyed using a
bit of my craftiness on a few things. I know
he won’t remember the party, but I saw this as a chance to thank (and feed)
some of the people that helped us survive the first year of his life. This was as much a celebration for them as it
was for our little 1 year old. I might
already have a few ideas on celebrating birthday #2!!
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| Gift Time! |
Celebration #3 was a more low key event. We headed to Boonville to celebrate with Paisley’s
great-grandparents. They are always so
excited to have family visit and of especially if there are sweets
involved! Paisley was able to enjoy even
more cake and wear his party hat, which he didn’t like at all (notice the somber
face). Paisley’s Nana and Pappaw
surprised him with a rocky horse AND his very own truck. Paisley immediately rode his horsey and then got
in his truck. He found the horn pretty
quick and has been honking it ever since.
He’s all boy and he loves checking out the tires on his truck and
popping the gas cap. He looks pretty
cute sitting in his truck, resting an arm on the windowsill, and honking the
horn. I even caught him playing on his
phone while sitting in his truck. I
guess it’s never too early to teach him texting and driving is illegal in
Indiana!
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| His "first" car from Nana and Pappaw |
Finally…his birthday arrived and with it came the 4th
and final celebration. We packed up the
car and headed to Kentucky Lake with Scott’s brother, his wife, and their 2
kids. The drive down felt much longer
than it actually was because Paisley and his cousin were a little fussy as
neither of them wanted to be in their car seat.
We tried entertaining them with books, snacks, and drinks, but nothing
seemed to work. We were so happy when we
finally arrived at the cabin.
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| Birthday morning! |
We spent the rest of the day getting settled in the cabin
and taking a sunset cruise on the boat.
This was Paisley’s first time on a boat and he did pretty good! He didn’t like the wind blowing in his face,
so he would bury his head in my chest and wait until he felt the boat stop
before popping his head up. He ended up
falling asleep, he was an exhausted birthday boy!
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| Daddy and his birthday boy |
The sunset was extra beautiful as the pink sky reflected off
the water. As I sat in the boat
snuggling my sleeping birthday boy, I thought about how much he had changed in
a year. When I thought back to holding
that tiny 6lb. baby a year ago…and here I was holding a 20lb. sleeping baby, I
could barely believe it. Exactly one
year, the same baby, nestled up in the same loving arms they were in a year ago…
my eyes may have filled up a bit with tears of a proud and loving mommy.
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| Momma and her sleepy birthday boy |
Back in the cabin, the birthday boy joined in for one final
round of “Happy Birthday” and helped his momma blow out the final candle on his
birthday cupcake. I got our little 1
year old dressed in his sleeper, brushed his teeth, and cozied up with him in
bed. I let him fall asleep snuggled up
to me before I put him in his pack-n-play for the night. I laid there listening to his breath slip
into a deep sleep pattern. His
occasional sigh sounded like a whisper in the wind. I kissed his little forehead that felt warm
from snuggling. My birthday boy…
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| One final round of Happy Birthday |
Good bye infancy, hello toddlerhood. I think things are about to get even more
fun!!
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