The Big Birthday Bash!

Today was Ethan's first birthday party! Here are some pre-party pics of the cakes/snacks and decorations:

Scrapbook pages for the guests to sign:We were blessed to have so many friends and family come to our house to celebrate with us :) We weren't sure how Ethan would react to a houseful of people, but he absolutely loved it! There were 19 kids and 30-some adults at his birthday party. For a short time he wore a cute little "Happy Birthday" baseball cap, but he kept taking it off. I made a mini birthday cake for him (confetti angelfood cake) with whipped icing and sprinkles on top. We also had angelfood cupcakes and a half chocolate half white cake that we ordered from Kroger (the bakery did a wonderful job of matching Ethan's birthday theme colors, and the cake was delicious!) This was the first time that Ethan has had cake and icing. He enjoyed eating the icing (just like Daddy), and was smiling SO big as he mushed up his cake.

What was leftover of Ethan's own cake:
We are very thankful that the basement, although not completely finished (no ceiling yet and we need to install columns over the brown support bars) was in a useable state for Ethan's party. Everyone headed down there to watch Ethan open his presents. I tried to hold him in my lap as Dan and I opened presents for him, but he preferred to squirm away and be a little ham running around and smiling at all of the guests :) Thank you all for your generous gifts!-Ethan has LOVED playing with the toys, reading his new books, and will be so stylish wearing his new outfits.


And a BIG thank you to Dad, Gene, and Lori for taking pictures for us!!