Sunday, August 24, 2008

A week of celebration

First, Bryan apologizes for his "awesomeness" in taking pictures. His great photography skills are the reason for the picture dump.

We begin a week of celebrating Jack's first birthday... He celebrated at daycare with singing and cupcakes. He seemed a bit confused by both.

Bryan went out for his Wednesday night ride, so Jack and I split a cupcake after supper. Jack was very methodical in eating the frosting. One finger lick at a time...


Then it was time for presents. Jack got a frog pod, a bath toy, and a Wilco t-shirt. The t-shirt is too big, so we'll store it for awhile.


On Saturday, we had the big party. We went to the local park and were joined by grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles. It was a beautiful day!

We're tired of taking Jack to get the same poses taken for professional pictures. So Bryan tried out his skills in photography with some outdoor pics. He did pretty well and we have two poses that we'll blow-up for relatives.

This is one of them.

Jack's philosopher moment.

Although he wasn't smiling, this is the other good picture.

Jack's party was a monkey theme. My sis made the cake and it turned out really neat.





And there was lots of destruction to the monkey cake.
Jack is sleeping peacefully now. He was a tired little boy today...

We are looking forward to another fun year!

8 comments:

amanda said...

looks like the party was a huge success!!

happy, happy birthday sweet boy :)

and to you too mama!

Christy said...

Looks like fun! I love the monkey cake. Too cute!

Anonymous said...

Oh, my word, he is so, so cute. Love the outdoor photos.

Jenny said...

How fun! The monkey cake is adorable! The photos are really great too.

It was so nice to meet you on Friday!

kathryn said...

Great pictures! Looks like a good time was had by all. Happy Birthday Jack. (Btw what kind of amera do you guys have?)

OHmommy said...

Yay.

Happy birthday Jack. And WTG momma for taking so many pictures. I take way too many myself. Teehee

Veronica said...

Congratulations -- you survived the first year!

Happy birthday to Jack, too.

(and thanks again for coming to our party on Friday -- it was great to have you there!)

Becks said...

Love the pictures, he is soo cute!!

Tell your sis she did an amazing job on his cake! I adore it!!