Ethan's 1st birthday party!

Ethan's 1st birthday party was held on his actual birthday since it fell on a Saturday.  We started off the morning by singing happy birthday to Ethan as he woke up.It was so surreal to think that our baby was 1 year old already! 

Then we played and continued to get ready for the big party.  Jed and I had worked really hard all week getting ready and we continued to work this morning.  Jed and Ethan's grandpa spent the morning putting together Ethan's new swing set.

Ethan loves swinging on his new swing set!

The main project in the house to do was to decorate the cakes. I had decided that although I had never decorated a cake in my life, I wanted to make the cake for his birthday party.  We were expecting around 40 people, so I made cake and cupcakes.  Needless to say, it did not turn out perfect, but with the help of my mom and Jed, and Christine's supplies,it was fun to do and it turned out decent. The best part was the fact that I could say I made it for Ethan. We had white cake baseball cupcakes, chocolate cake football cupcakes, a yellow smash cake decorated with green icing for grass and baseballs and footballs, and a yellow cake base decorated like grass and a chocolate cake "1" with baseballs and footballs. 

We got Ethan dressed in his birthday onesie and headed out for the breastfeeding clinic to get him weighed.  After a year of exclusive breastfeeding, Ethan weighed in at 21 lbs 12.6 oz. 

He of course did not want to take a nap on this huge day, so Granny got to hold him for a nap.  He then headed over to Momma Morai's to swim with his cousins and aunt and uncle while we continued to get ready at the house.  He came back just in time to take a nap.  He was still asleep when people started arriving around 4:00.  I decided to wake him up around 4:10 so he could enjoy his party.  We had bubbles for the kids to play with as well as balloons!

We tried to get pictures with each set of party guests, but there was so much going on that Ethan didn't want to smile much.  He had a great time at his party including eating lots of good food - such as the pulled pork that Jed smoked.

After he ate, we gave Ethan his smash cake and sang happy birthday.  He touched the cake, smeared the frosting, but wouldn't put any in his mouth.  Other kids sure enjoyed helping him eat the cake though!

We ended the evening with lots of wonderful presents from our wonderful guests!  We are so lucky to have wonderful friends and family in our lives that love and support us with Ethan.  It was a wonderful 1st birthday party that will never be forgotten!  Here's to another year with our wonderful son Ethan!!  We love you so much!