"A One-year-old child is so many things --A tiny discoverer of butterfly wings, A hugger of Teddies, A sweet sleepyhead, And someone to dream for in bright years ahead..."
Sunday May 17th 2009
At 2:00pm
Today we celebrated my baby's 1st Birthday! We decided to do it a few days before his "real" birthday, May 21, because we are going on a family vacation to Ocean City this weekend. I am so excited that we are taking him to the beach, this will be his first time there! Anyway, his birthday couldnt have been more perfect :) Sunday morning we woke up to his cute little face and we got ready and went to breakfast at Shamansky's. We met our friends there to also celebrate Ryders dedication! Breakfast was delicous....Carter loved the pancakes! After that, we headed over to the church for the dedication. CJ's old Sunday school teacher is actually the pastor there now so it was nice! The church was filled with Brandy, Alan, & Ryder's family :) it was a really sweet ceremony! Carter was getting into trouble in the church though...climbing under the pews and squeeling during prayers, lol so Daddy had to take him outside. They went for a little ride & Carter was fast alseep. After the dedication, we headed home to finish up last minute decorations and food. Family & Friends started to arrive around 2:15, but Carter was alseep, ha! He was pooped from a busy morning so I decided to let him take a little nap before the party so that he would be in a good mood! Well, he didnt wake up in the greatest mood, but soon after that he realized that his little friends were there and wanted to play :) Him, Adriana, & Kaiden played on the floor and had a blast!! I think he has a little crush on Adriana, she was so pretty in her dress ;) Well, everyone talked for a while and watched the kids play and then we decided it was time to eat..yumm! The food was great! We got Dale's BBQ from Indian Head and everyone loved it. Carter especially liked the green beans. I have to cherish his love for them now because I fear that once he is old enough to realize they are good for him, he wont like them anymore, LOL! After eating we decided to go straight to the cake and singing!! We decided to give carter a cupcake with candle on it instead of a big piece of cake. I made a whole batch the night before and they actually came out really good...if I must say so myself..ha! We all gathered around and sung Happy Birthday to him & he did so well. He smiled and laughed the whole time. I was so afraid he was going to cry, but nope...he is a ham so he loved the attention! Once he realized he was allowed to eat the cupcake....he went crazy! He had icing all over his face...it was priceless! Finally, we headed over to the sun room for gifts!! Everyone really out-did themselves with this! Carter got so many wonderful gifts from everyone...Thank You SO much..everybody!! Of course, he could have cared less about opening them himself...so mommy stepped in to help him! He was most fascinated with this Big Tonka truck Aunt Amanda & family got him!! It really is a cool truck..haha! But all of the other gifts were great too. He really got a lot of stuff that he will be able to use for a LONG time! After presents, everyone kind of said they're good byes and wished him a happy birthday before heading home. It ended up being an all day thing, so Carter was exhausted & ended up passing out by 7 pm!
All in All....it was an amazing day! We got to be there for our very best friends, Brandy & Alan, in the dedication for their son Ryder. && we got to celebrate our beautiful sons 1st birthday with all of our family & friends!
Friends/Family who attended & Gifts recieved:
Justin & Jarod Bagley ....PlaySkool Golf Set
Ashlee Bowie (Jarod's Girlfriend)
Lynne, Ashley, & Adriana Boland.....Some really nice Outfits
Blake, Tara, & Kaiden Graff....."RaceCars little Push & Go Car
Alan, Brandy, & Ryder Marsh.....Cute outfit & Shoes
Paps (My Dad), Aunt Amanda, Uncle Mikey,
Uncle Johnny, & Aunt Jenny....BIG Tonka Truck with blocks
Tojo :).........$50 to go into Carter's savings
Uncle Mike & Melanie.............Also $50 for savings
Nick & Lindsay Vathes
Ryan Grant
Angel Nance & Donald Nance
AND.....
Grammy & Grandad put Some money into Carters Savings account and got him some cute PJ's! Daddy & Mommy got Carter some cute outfits, a Pooh book, Some blocks, A set of PJ's, a bathing suit, a Blow up Pool, & Pool Toys :)
* Carter also learned how to say "Apple" *
* He says "tickle, tickle" & I know its jiberish, but thats what it sounds like! *
* && wave bye-bye *
1 comment:
Aww it sounds like Carter had a great birthday :) I can't believe he's ONE now! I remember when I came over right after he was born! Tell him that Leah & I wish him a Happy Birthday!
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