Ethan's 1st Birthday Party

Happy 1st Birthday Ethan! It's hard to believe a whole year has gone by since his birth. He is such a joy in so many ways. He loves to smile and is a very laid-back baby. He loves to sit in a big pile of books and flip through all the pages. He will "walk" if you hold on to his hands. He likes a wide variety of food, but he refuses to feed himself yet. He is the sweetest little boy and loves to cuddle up for story time and lullabies before nap.

Today, he had his first birthday party. Gran, Papa Bell and Aunt Lindsey joined us for the fun. Enjoy the pictures!

Kaitlyn was SO excited about his birthday party, mainly because she knew it involved balloons and cake--two of her favorite things. Here she is posing in front of the party table.

Ethan was all smiles too as we sang Happy Birthday. Notice the look of anticipation on Kaitlyn's face. She can't wait to dig into the big cake!

Ethan immediately dug into the icing. Guess he liked the feeling of it on his hands because he kept going back for more.

Since he wouldn't put the icing or cake in his mouth, I decided to feed him a few bites. He didn't actually spit it out, but he was clearly thinking about it for a while. I wouldn't say that he liked the cake, but he didn't hate it either. Not surprising since it was his first taste of pure sugar.

Then I realized that I forgot to put his birthday hat on. So I put the hat on, and he started tugging at the string...with icing all over his hands.

Our messy little birthday boy with icing all over his hands, face, ear and hair.

After a quick bath and outfit change, we opened presents. Of course, he liked the wrapping paper most of all, but he now has some fun books, toys and puzzles to explore later.

Happy Birthday little boy! I look forward to another year of milestones and adventures with you!