Birthday Pics

The day of Zach's birthday Jack and I hadn't really talked about it being Daddy's birthday very much.  I had mentioned it to him the night before, but that was about it.  While my mom was putting Jack's shoes on he said, "birfday cake for Daddy."  That made my heart melt so of course we had to get some cake so Jack could celebrate.  So sweet, but I also know he'd find any excuse for some birthday cake.  So, later that evening we had cupcakes while, Jack held his Daddy Doll and we sang.  I think we did it ten times.  He is even in different clothes because we sang early on in the evening, and then he did it again just before he went to bed.  He ate the icing off of two cupcakes so he was on a sugar high.  

Birthday Boy!

Excuse the amount of pictures. They are for his daddy.

Trying on his winter coat and hat.

His daddy doll

Giving daddy kisses.

Checking him out.

Opening his daddy doll.

Big boy opening his gifts.

Listening while we sang to him.
His cake

Jack, is turning the Big two! His birthday isn't until tomorrow, but we had his party today. All the family showed up, and it was so nice to see everyone. Zach requested that I blog about it tonight so he can get a chance to see it.

We had a nice day. His party theme was Mickey Mouse. Luckily he took a really good nap, and was up and ready for party time. He wasn't shy at all when the family was here. That really surprises me. I was such a shy child. His little cousins came over, and he soon fell in love with them, and played really well. He is the only boy with three little girls. He had lots of presents to open. It didn't take him long to start ripping through the paper. Forget about reading the card, he wanted to get to the good stuff. He got some warm clothes, and a very nice winter coat. We will be needing them here in the Missouri winter. Many fun new toys to play with. When he opened his gifts he would say, "Wooowww" to each and every one of them. It was so cute! We saved the best for last. He opened his hug a hero doll, and there wasn't a dry eye in the room. I was crying my head off. It was really hard for me not to cry the entire time. I couldn't sing to him when we sang happy birthday. I had a lump in my throat missing Zach, and wishing he was with us. The first thing he said when he opened his doll was Daddy! He's cuddled up with him tonight. We enjoyed our cake and ice cream, and visited the rest of the evening.

My baby is one

These are a little our of order, but here are pictures of Jack's birthday party

Getting into all of his new toys

Who me?
Playing with the balloons, he really loved the balloons

The t-shirt mommy made him

Playing with the cousins
a real cowboy

The family
hmmmm...what am I supposed to do with this?
Oh! Now I get it!


Sharing with daddy

Eating some party food
Opening some gifts



His birthday cake

Some of our decorations
diving into the cake

I finally found a spare minute to blog about Jack's birthday. I still can't believe it is all over. The party went really well. I was very pleased with the decorations. Jack, was getting a little cranky because he was getting tired, but we never did have a melt down. He wasn't sure what to do with his cake at first, but when I showed him he could stick his hands in it he went to town. Everyone was surrounding him with cameras ready and waiting. He got many lovely gifts. We are having to ship them to the house. Lots of new clothes, and that is something we needed. Also, lots of new Chiefs outfits, yay! I never cried, and I really thought that I would. I shed a few tears up to the party thinking about all of it. It was a really great day. Full of lots of smiles, and tons of laughter. I thank everyone for coming, and for the great gifts they brought!

Little guy

I know I made it, but can someone tell that baby in the ticker up there to stop moving so darn close to the 1! LoL. This first birthday is going to be bittersweet. I'm glad we get to share it with friends and family.