Brady's 1st Birthday!

We partied it up Hubbie style with lots of food and more food for Brady's first birthday. Our party people included a few friends from the mission and also my mom and dad all the way from Iowa...all adults except for Brady and his little friend Julia! I guess that's why they say the 1st birthday party is really for the parents!

I spent most of the day reminiscing about what had happened one year ago on August 1st...often sharing things with my family, much to their dismay. "Hmm...it's about noon, so at this time last year my epidural was wearing off and I was puking and passing out..." and so on...hahaha!

Brady would have slept right through the party if we had let him, but we woke him up about 30 minutes into it...it took him awhile to perk up! (You can see a glimpse of my beautiful partially remodeled kitchen behind me...but that's a blog for another day!)

Still not awake

Well, of course, we had a baseball theme!The guys played cornholeThe women enjoyed chatting!Brady's Baseball Cake

He promptly reached out and grabbed the baseball players right off the cake...

Then he looked for more ways to destroy it...

Since both hands were full, he then decided to attack with his footSinging "Happy Birthday" followed by the foot plant into the cake.

Yummy...foot cake tastes so GOOD!Next came the presents

Ken and Jan sent Brady his first set of matchbox cars all the way from Chicago!After a few laps around the party, mingling with his guests......we soon we had a tuckered out baby!

We had a great celebration and were thankful to be surrounded by our dear friends who love our son! I can't believe he's one already!