One Year Older

Our little Munchkin had his first birthday!!!! Since no one else got to share in his special day, we took plenty of pictures to share with all our loved ones, who love him too! Because Caleb had been at work last night and didn't get to bed until late, our birthday activities didn't start until after nap time. In the morning it was just Mom and Connor hanging out! He was lookin cute all morning, and i could hardly believe he is ONE already!!! where did time go????

After nap time and lunch we went to the pool, since it was a whopping 102 outside! Connor always LOOOOOVES the pool! but it is much more exciting when Daddy comes with us! We were there for about an hour, and then we decided we better get inside and get cleaned up for the rest of our activities. we sure had a blast!!!

does that face look excited or what????

this birthday boy loooooves swimming with daddy!

Connor loves hanging on the side of the pool.

hey, i don't want to take pictures! i want to SWIM!

After getting all cleaned and dressed we had some time to play with out birthday boy before opening his presents... needless to say, we had quite a bit of fun! Although, Connor did not appreciate me sticking that crown on his head haha!

hey get that off my head!!!

he kept holding it behind his head and then  throwing it haha

he got some pretty cool toys from Marne and family...he enjoys them! :)

Present time! Connor got tons of presents, and there were too many to take pictures of every single one... so if you don't see something you gave him, don't worry, he DID get it! He had quite a good time opening things with Daddy's help! He has already been playing with all his toys over and over and over again today!

After presents we took Connor out to Applebee's for a birthday dinner! of course, he was more excited about his crayons than the food...

And when we got home and had some time to let our tummy's be less full, it was cake time! I decided this year that i was going to make Connor's birthday cake, since he would just be squashing it up anyways. i thought it could be a good experience, but it wasn't. so please don't be mean about the cakes... i know they do not look that pretty! the whole experience was a disaster. i wished i had my sisters to make it all for me... Melinda to cook it, and Jessica to decorate it. then it would have been perfect! but, it wasn't. like i said before, it was a huge disaster. and I'm very embarrassed about how bad it turned out. so please, don't judge! I did the best i could with my limited baking talents, and my hatred of it! Connor was hanging on me while i did the decorating, so it all turned out to be a mess. but, its not like he cared anyways, right??? :)

i made Connor a personal cake for smashing...

and then made a cake for eating... and this was more of a disaster than the other!

Daddy helped blow out the candle!

he cracked me up with how carefully he tasted it before digging in...

apparently cake it for playing with, not eating...

he was so worn out, he barely ate any and just played in it

ok, i'm done! you want the rest???? here!

We had quite a fantastic day with out little one year old! we definitely missed all of our family, and wished we could be there to celebrate with them though. i was mainly just glad Caleb was able to get the day off so that he didn't have to miss any of our little family celebrating! We had a blast and hope our little Connor did too! HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONNOR!!!