My Baby Turns 1!
It really happened, Caden turned one year old and we're still here and doing well! It was an intense year of living, trying to meet the needs of each of our boys and learning how to run a household of six, but it has still managed to go by fast! A friend of mine said that when raising young children time does a funny thing where it makes for long days but short years. She's about 10 years older than I am but already I think I can see what she means.
Regardless of how fast or slow the last 365 days have seemed, individually or collectively, I can't help but simply focus on how grateful I feel that this sweet little guy joined our family. I can't even describe how seamlessly he fit into our family right from the start. It felt incredibly natural, like it was totally meant to be. I think I can safely say that his older brothers feel the same. None of us can really remember that he hasn't always been with us. Caden has made himself right at home and we are thrilled.
The festivities began the night before his birthday when we headed to Out of This World Pizza (OOTWP, what would we ever do without you?!). He had a blast, of course. I love that even babies can thoroughly enjoy themselves at this place:
Meanwhile his big bros were having a blast of their own, tussling over at the scooter cars:
The big day itself (we had to split the celebrating into two nights because the l'il guy can't stay up long enough to fit everything into one night!) he got his own mantle-full of presents! His very first of many!
The guys just wanted their picture taken and I happily obliged. I love Daniel's expression! And Lucas' knight costume (he dressed for the occasion):
Here he is with our traditional "Perfect Gift for a One Year Old" roll of paper towels, to do with as he pleases. Joshua and Daniel each got a box of tissues but we switched to paper towels starting with Lucas. Just as much fun for the baby but less work for the parents:
Risking cheesiness we decided to do a pie for the Pi day birthday boy (it ended up being a really delicious pie, btw). With so much birthday cake happening for our family in March we really wanted to do something different when we had the chance. I think we'll keep this tradition until Caden is old enough to have an opinion:
Happy Birthday sweet Caden! You are one special boy and bring us such joy. Thank you for giving us so much to celebrate! I love that you have formed special relationships with each of us, even at such a tender age. I really look forward to getting to know you more and more and for the relationship we'll have as you grow. I can tell we'll be close!
Regardless of how fast or slow the last 365 days have seemed, individually or collectively, I can't help but simply focus on how grateful I feel that this sweet little guy joined our family. I can't even describe how seamlessly he fit into our family right from the start. It felt incredibly natural, like it was totally meant to be. I think I can safely say that his older brothers feel the same. None of us can really remember that he hasn't always been with us. Caden has made himself right at home and we are thrilled.
The festivities began the night before his birthday when we headed to Out of This World Pizza (OOTWP, what would we ever do without you?!). He had a blast, of course. I love that even babies can thoroughly enjoy themselves at this place:
Meanwhile his big bros were having a blast of their own, tussling over at the scooter cars:
Unbeknownst to us, Tuesday evenings turn into "stellar play" where they hand out glow sticks then turn out all the lights and do a laser show. Lucas instinctively found the center point of all the laser lights (unfortunately you can't see the lasers in these pictures) and danced his heart out right there in the middle of everything. This kid knows how to party:
The big day itself (we had to split the celebrating into two nights because the l'il guy can't stay up long enough to fit everything into one night!) he got his own mantle-full of presents! His very first of many!
The guys just wanted their picture taken and I happily obliged. I love Daniel's expression! And Lucas' knight costume (he dressed for the occasion):
Here he is with our traditional "Perfect Gift for a One Year Old" roll of paper towels, to do with as he pleases. Joshua and Daniel each got a box of tissues but we switched to paper towels starting with Lucas. Just as much fun for the baby but less work for the parents:
Risking cheesiness we decided to do a pie for the Pi day birthday boy (it ended up being a really delicious pie, btw). With so much birthday cake happening for our family in March we really wanted to do something different when we had the chance. I think we'll keep this tradition until Caden is old enough to have an opinion:
Happy Birthday sweet Caden! You are one special boy and bring us such joy. Thank you for giving us so much to celebrate! I love that you have formed special relationships with each of us, even at such a tender age. I really look forward to getting to know you more and more and for the relationship we'll have as you grow. I can tell we'll be close!
posted by Leslie | 1:38 PM
2 Comments:
Wow, you aren't kidding that was a fast year! He is darling and happy, happy birthday to that cute boy!
Thanks so much Linn!
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