This post is about two weeks overdue! Our Little E Buddy celebrated his FIRST Birthday two weeks ago today! And my amazingly talented sister in law Ellie took all of his party pictures for us! Which we are so grateful for because it gave Micah and I extra time to spend with Ethan and everyone else at the party without the worry of getting all the right pictures!! But since I got the CD in the mail our computer has been giving us all sorts of trouble and wasn't allowing me to upload them to our blog! But finally, after MUCH perseverance they are here and now I can share the memories too!
We celebrated Ethan's FIRST Birthday in style at our house surrounded by LOTS of Family and Friends!! Of course our little buddy didn't really know what hit him, but he was super excited to have so many cousins to play with and eat with and open presents with! He especially loved getting to spend some extra time with his cousin Landon, who is about 4 months younger than him! They are such cute little buddies already, I can't wait to watch them as they continue to grow!
We decided to switch it up a bit this time and do a Breakfast Birthday Celebration, it was Mimmi's suggestion, and it was a GREAT one!! All of my kiddos LOVE breakfast food and it took place early in the day, everyone was in a good mood and then we all had the rest of our Saturday to continue playing and working, it was AWESOME!!
I think the best part of the party for me, as a Mommy, was watching the slide show that Micah put together of our little E Buddy and his first year! I loved remembering the circumstance of each picture that was on there! We truly are blessed to have these 3 beautiful little people in our family!! And Our Little Ethan just makes our family even more complete!! Happy Birthday E Buddy!! Sure Love You!
Ethan in Front of his Sign, and Getting ready for his FIRST cake!!
Our 3 Musketeers!
The First Taste!
Haley is trying to convince him of how yummy it is!
He is starting to understand!
Another lick for good measure!
He is Thinking About it!
As everyone Gathers Round!
Aunt Jessie dug a hole in the cake and then he got REALLY into it!
He decided cake was indeed a GOOD THING!
Adorable Little Cake Face!
And then all the sisters and cousins got to try out the cake that Mimmi made for Ethan too!
I made Monkey Cupcakes to celebrate our little Monkey!
Aunt Rachel and Lily enjoying a cupcake!
Lily, the most graceful party goer I have ever seen!
Aunt Jessie and Olivia cheesin' for Aunt Ellie!
Little Landon was full of smiles!
And then came the presents!!
Ethan sure loves his Doggy from Mimmi and Dooders!
And the Awesome Dinosaur Pal from Mummis and Rachel!
While Ethan was opening presents some of the other kiddos were playing at the little kitchen:)
"Finally! Time to Play with some of these new toys!!"
Cousin Lily was excited to show Ethan how the puppy worked!
Precious Shot of our Emily Marie just looking outside!!
Emily sure LOVES to take care of her little brother! And Ethan doesn't mind much:)
"Uh Huh, I See....."
Eliza and Olivia doing to some :"Sisterly Bonding!"
Aunt Jessie and Olivia lovin' up on Ethan!
Two Sets of Siblings, Four Cousins on the Couch Together!
Everybody LOVES playing and dancing with Uncle Josh!
Landon, all by himself in the middle of the floor! His Cuteness is killin' me!!
A Glimpse of the Happenings of the Kitchen!! Mimmi putting the finishing touches on Ethan's cake while Micah and Dooders talk about the waffles!
Haley and Luke were being silly under the table!! I love it that both Luke and Emma are such great big cousins to our kiddos! It makes my heart happy!
The Agenda!
Haley needed to give Dooders some Love!
Emma tried to help Eliza with her Party Hat!
Gracie got her hat on and was ready to Party Some More!
Landon's Ready!
Our Happy Birthday Boy!
I KNOW there are already a TON of pictures, but these next three I couldn't pass up!!
Mommy and her Sweet One Year old Boy!
Daddy Popped in Too!
And last, but certainly not least, Kisses for our Little E Buddy!!
