Happy Birthday Bubba!

Although I’m confident that anyone who reads this blog knows just how wonderful of an addition we think our little guy is, I can’t help but to start this huge milestone off with the fact that we are beyond thankful for him. He has been a constant source of smiles and laughter and there really aren’t enough words to express how lucky we feel to have him in our lives. He has added so much joy and happiness to each and every day and I can’t wait to see what lies ahead for our growing family.

His birthday party was an absolute blast and went off without a hitch. A big thanks to all the wonderful family and friends who helped make it such a memorable day for our monkey. I had originally planned an elaborate meal, but decided last minute that a menu of pizza, jello jigglers, chex mix, white chocolate popcorn, cupcakes, and a cake for Jaiden sounded not only better, but so much easier. Who doesn’t like pizza and cake?! Jaiden ate far too much jello, as his messy diapers matched the neon colors of the jello for days to come, but trust me, he enjoyed every last piece. We ate food, opened gifts, and then let him go to town on his cake. He was thrilled that he had the entire cake to himself and would take a glace at us between bites to make sure he was really being allowed to do this. After a few minutes of devouring the cake, you could tell that he had definitely had enough and that he'd hit his sugar limit. He was continuing to shovel cake in his mouth, but started spitting out every bit just as quickly as it was going in. Poor dude. I thought he'd be on a sugar high after the party, but instead he went into a sugar comatose and slept for a couple hours!


There were lots of people taking pictures there and I can’t wait to see what moments everyone else captured. Jaiden was beyond spoiled on his birthday and is thrilled to have so many new and exciting toys to play with. Thank you so much to everyone who came and helped us celebrate our baby turning ONE!

Check back next week for an update on Jaiden's SECOND Christmas, a new video we took of him yesterday, and a blog post from Daddy! We've decided that each birthday we're each going to write a letter to our kids and save them for something special down the road. I'm pretty sure we'll share parts of the first one with you all :) It's hard to believe this is already Christmas number 2 for him... although he was only 6 days old last time around, so I'm not sure if that really counts or not. As for the video, trust me when I say you're not going to want to miss it. Jaiden has three dance moves that we've finally captured on video... 1)the slow dance 2)the hip-hop dance 3)and lastly the romance dance. HA! Just wait :)