1 year old!

LOTS OF PICTURES!! :)

We had three parties for Avin's first birthday. Which meant three cakes! lol Can you say...HYPED UP ON SUGAR?!?!?!?!

1st party was at our house....just the three of us. I made a little chocolate cake that he could smash but he didn't really do anything but eat the icing. lol Smart boy!

He didn't like being covered in icing and cake. We had to clean him up quickly!


2nd party was at my (carla) mom's house. With both my brothers and my sister and their families. My cousin Trisha and my brother-in-law's mom came too. We bought a cake from Wal-mart. Since he doesn't really understand what this is all about...we just chose a Nemo cake because Vernie and I both love Nemo. :) The smash cake that we were going to give Avin at this party got messed up on the way in to my mom's house. And we soon realized that a blue cake wasn't exactly the smartest idea. It stained my fingers as I was dishing the cake out. So, we decided not to give Avin a piece of this cake because we had to go somewhere the next day and didn't want him to look like a smurf! :)

We bought him a "1st Birthday" bib from Gymboree that he wore all day. I loved it!

He got tons of presents! Thanks to everyone! My sister got him this Radio Flyer rocket. It is so neat. He is a little scared of it now but he'll grow into it. And I bought him 18 balloons because he loves them. He gets so excited when he sees a balloon. Imagine his joy when he say eighteen!! It was quite an adventure getting these in the car and a wonderful windy day in Rogers. Some nice people at Wal-mart helped me get them in the car and I still lost two of them!

3rd party was at V's mom and dads. We started the day off by going to the Heart Walk in Fort Smith. It was fun but chilly!!

This was the cake for this party. We actually had a smash cake for this one. We ordered these cakes from Paul's bakery in Van Buren. They were great!

He didn't really eat the cake here either. He just ate the icing. This icing didn't stain like the wal mart cake. Not sure why. The chunk out of the cake was from V biting into the cake trying to convince Avin to stick his whole face in it. It didn't work. But that didn't stop Dad from trying! lol Just an excuse to eat cake with out utensils. :)

For lunch Grandma made Avin mashed potatoes, carrots, and green beans. All organic of course! He loved it. And of course made a nice big mess while he ate!

Then we played out side for a while and A's favorite thing was to walk around the fire pit. We thought it was cute so we let him do it. Now that we are at home and he wants to do it here...we decided that it wasn't the smartest thing letting him do that because he doesn't understand when it is hot. So, we can't have fires right now while A is outside. He gets so frustrated when you won't let him near it! lol Lesson learned! :)


Thanks to everyone for the wonderful presents and for spending A's first birthday with him. We love you all!!