The Big Birthday Party

We celebrated Grayson's 1st Birthday this weekend. His birthday isn't until the 17th, but the weekend after that my dad was going to be at work and we wanted to be sure he'd be there. We did the party at 3:30 on Saturday. Of course, Grayson's usually up and crying by 2:30ish, but not that day. He was still snoozing at 3:10. He woke up and the festivities began. We started off with cake so there would be some hope of him eating a form of dinner still. Let me tell you, he LOVED his carrot cake. Too much. He ended up getting sick a couple hours later. He just kept eating it. By the time I took it away, too much had been consumed! I win the Bad Mother of the Year Award...no worries, the year's almost over :) We moved on to presents after cake, which he also loved. He did a pretty good job tearing at the boxes and was climbing all over them. He got wonderful presents! Everything he got was something he didn't have yet. It was so nice of everyone. It's great because although we have a lot of baby toys and hand me downs, we didn't have much for him to play with over the next year. He's set now. And to think, Christmas isn't far!

Grayson's Carrot Cake

The "Spread"

The cake hasn't caught his eye yet...

...but when it does, look out!

The Kids

All in all, it was a great party. It's such a blessing to have so many people who are an important part of Grayson's life. The list doesn't end with the party goers either. He is very loved by many.