A year ago today was my due date, and I was at the hospital in labor. Check out the posts from a year ago: Alex is Here and Then there were three
Last Sunday (the 5th) we had Alex's first birthday party. All of his cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and great-grandparents were in attendance. A good time was had by all (see pictures below), and he got some pretty cool stuff, too.
As far as new things go - Alex has really gotten brave with letting go of things and standing still on his own, and has possibly taken a step (the jury is still out on whether it was a step or his leg was out while he fell...). He has also started playing in our closets - this is his new favorite thing. He loves to open and close the sliding closet doors and get completely in the closet, close both doors (apparently he's not afraid of the dark...), then walk through the closet and come out the other door. It's pretty cute :)
Lots of pictures today, don't say I didn't warn you...
Closets are fun!
Now you see me....
Now you don't...
"Here I am mom!"
Mmmm, tasty
Strategically placed bath tub...
He actually crawled off of the blanket and went exploring on his own
Alex loves post-it notes. So we play this game where I stick one on his head then sing "One little indian boy"...
Is it wrong that sometimes I do this at the store with my grocery list? >.>
Snuggling before bed
Playing with Mom's keys... He looks so cute in his overalls!
Mom came up for her birthday and had lunch with GG, Alex, and I
Playing on the floor trying to get a particular photo... This isn't it.
He sits like this a lot - one leg under him and one leg forward.
Now for the Birthday pictures:
The Cake - Amaretto flavored from McCarthur's
Mmm, cake.
After the cake - getting cleaned up
The Spectators
(Video to come soon!)
All of the kids had their own candle to blow out
Mom and Layton - The poor guy fell and cut his lip open at the party
Presents...
...presents...
...and more presents
Shelley and the food
Wesley and Steve - I love his little sailor's outfit. He had a matching hat on earlier.
The Owens... I have where the kids look great, and one where Chris and Shelley look great... Doh!
Playing with chalk and bubbles outside
His new backpack/leash
After all of the new toys he got yesterday, what's the one thing he carries around the house and will not put down? Chapstick.
4 comments:
Oh how wonderful;) I love all the photos;) you did a great job, I didn't even see you taking pictures of the group, while he was eating;) good job on that one.
Happy Birthday Alex,
Grandma D and Grandpa P:)
Actually, Amber took all of the pictures during the presents and the cake... I'm not skilled enough to be two places at once :)
-Jess
we loved being there at the party and celebrating a year of Alex! what a blessing he is to all of us. great party, great food great people! So nice to see your family and all the kids!
Happy Birthday Alex!
Shelley
btw, isabelle loves looking too! She knows how to scroll up and down, click on the photo to see the larger version, and scroll down (not quite side to side yet but with direction she can) and then click the big blue "back" button. Oh no! I have created a blog'loving'photo'tak'n child!
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