my baby's birthday was waaaaaaay back at the end of october. sadly he has not had his share of the limelight that he so deserves! he wasn't quite walking yet on his birthday, but began walking about within the first few weeks after he turned 1. he is adventurous and brave, full of spunk, laughter and cuddles. he is learning words but does not like to use them!
zach LOVED to play with this kitchen set but it was ALWAYS a mess and underfoot. when we found out we were moving i packed it all up and sold the kitchen. i have wicked plans to make an new one for olivia under the built-in bunkbed in the playroom!
he also spent many hours back and forth, back and forth, in this swing. he absolutely loved it and would chill there for hours without hardly a peep. he loved to watch me mow the lawn, or weed or sweep or clean or watch everyone eat at the patio table...let's just hope that maybe he loves it as much this year? i have a TON of yard work to do!!!
he is often found dumping out drawers, stealing the tupperware, biting the lids and being altogether cute and rascally at the same time!!!
Birthday Party
i promised myself that i was going to keep things simple for zach's party. i have a tendency to go over-the-top. yeah, it's a confession. in lieu of wiping myself out in exhaustion like i usually do as the party-prepping queen of madness, i made a simple banner, strung up some balloons, and pulled out my trusty chalkboards for decor. the cake was even simple, two-tiered with rainbow chip frosting and a tiny little bunting.
i also "went a little over-the-top" by making a "first birthday" onesie. well....he had to have SOMETHING special to wear!
zach got his own cupcake. i'm not into giving a baby a whole cake...that's a bit, ummm, ridiculous to me.
starting out cautious, "you mean i can eat a whole cupcake mom?!" ...then, "Mmmmmm, this is tasty!"
to sheer delight....
to a thoughtful stage of wondering, "where has my cupcake gone?"....followed by the rage of knowing that there is no more!
we had quite a few good friends and family over to celebrate zach's milestone with us. earlier in the day we got a visit from grammie and grandpa graf, and aunties shawnae and chelsae. we opened our special delivery from aunt nickie, uncle nick and the girls. out popped a bunch of balloons! best. idea. ever! there was also a cute ball popper hidden amongst the colorful orbs!
he also got a big ball popper from grammie and grandpa graf. (like my facial expression?!)
picture for zach from cousin, Lexi and from friend, Lily
i also spent a little (ok, waaaay to much time) making these cute bean bags. they weren't hard, but i played around with with fabric color scraps i wanted to use and then had to cut out all of the numbers in black felt and i hand stitched them on with a blanket stitch. z
zach didn't really get the concept of throwing them into the bucket, but hopefully before too long he'll like to play with them and we practice colors and numbers together.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE MAN!
you have made our family so much happier with your cheesy smile, contagious giggles, rascally ways, chubby cuteness and snuggle buggles!
2 comments:
He looks so much like your daughter! :)
Cute! What an adorable little boy. ---- Why aren't we neighbors anymore again?
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