Can you believe it Ian is a year old! I can't even believe it. I ended up taking the day off work on Friday and Ian and I played all day. We even were able to take a nice long nap it was great! Then it was Party Time (thanks to Emily Buckley for the layout idea)!
We had a small party with family and friends which might as well be considered family.
Top Left: Thompson's: watch Ian during the week. Ian was constantly running over to them. Jeppesen's: also watch Ian during the week. Grandpa Bruce, Jimmer, Amy: Thanks Amy for taking pictures!!! Bottom Left: McKeon's love playing with Ian, he of course loves it too, G.G. Diamond, Grandma Cindy, G.G. Foster.We spent most of the day unwrapping a few presents here and there. Ian took a while at first because he had to make sure all of the paper was off. Even when it was off the present he would rip it again -silly boy! Thanks Hartzheim's for sending those gifts Ian has been hammering away!
Everyone arrived at 5:30 and we had Ian's favorite dinner spaghetti. It was a gorgeous day all day but of course once we got everything outside to have dinner the wind began to blow. Dinner went well -Ian loves spaghetti and is becoming a pro at eating with a fork. Then we came back in and all gathered downstairs in the basement for presents and cake.
When I saw everyone in the basement I was a little worried Ian might be overwhelmed. The moment we brought him down he went into hyper mode. He was running all over the place from one person to the next just giggling and loving every minute of it -and this was before the cake!
When I saw everyone in the basement I was a little worried Ian might be overwhelmed. The moment we brought him down he went into hyper mode. He was running all over the place from one person to the next just giggling and loving every minute of it -and this was before the cake!
He loved everything everyone so generously gave him. If there were a stronger word than love I would use it. We spent the next hour opening present and laughing at Ian as he played with everyone. We had to hid each present from him in order to get him to open the next one. Then we even had to hid to start hiding the cards. He was sooooooo happy and excited. Picture do not do it justice he was amazing I was so impressed. He even said thank you.Uncle Andrew and Ian putting on new shoes Grandma gave us -much needed!
Ready to roll!
Cake Time! Tim's family tradition is that on your first birthday you give the child a lamb cake and then they destroy/eat it. Our tradition: Is you put the cake on a sheet, stripe them down to their diaper and away they go. So we mixed both and put a lamb cake on a sheet and let him go.
Lamb Cake: Tim made the cake and decorated.
Ian did not know what to do with it at first -we put his finger in it and he discovered he hated the feel of frosting. He spent quite a while just trying to flick it off his fingers. Then he just picked at it with a fork instead of eating it. He wasn't even making a mess and what is the fun in that so...
I brought down a large square of actual chocolate butter cream frosting cake on a plate!
The picture explains the rest!
It was a great day! Thanks to everyone for coming and sharing this special day with us!Video will be posted as soon as Tim is done with finals later this week -then you can really see how absolutely excited he was.
As for the rest of our night. Ian went down to bed a little late at about 8:30. He went right to sleep then at 9:15 he woke up crying which is unusual so I went and checked on him. When I got him out of bed he pushed and kicked to get out of my arms. When I finally set him down he giggled and ran for the door and tried to head downstairs. Do you think he had a good day!?! He didn't want it to end. Thanks again!
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I love his invitations, so sweet. I am impressed with how well he did on his bday, sometimes the early birthday can be rough! He's such a funny guy though, and it looked like he scored with gifts:-)
The pictures of Ian eating his cake are so cute. It's funny to watch little kids dig into their cake, very entertaining! Looks like he had a great birthday!
Oh man, I wish we were there! I'm sad now :( I am glad he had a fun day though and that you got to take it off. The lamb cake was pretty good, nice work Tim!
i, too, love the invite. sounds like he had a great day celebrating. happy birthday, ian!!!
Not all the MacNair kids dive into their lamb cakes. Part of the fun is seeing how they react to them. I, of course, destroyed mine. So did Tim. Jimmer wouldn't touch his, either. When April and I started doing it with our kids, Gracie was actually terrified of hers and started crying every time we tried to put it down in front of her. The tradition started when my grandma put my dad's first birthday cake (a lamb cake) too close to him at the table. So far, I think all the grandkids have needed encouragement to put their hands in the cake. The devil gene must be getting weaker with later generations. Or, as you realized, tastes are changing and the lamb cake is not appealing to the younger generations.
Happy Birthday little Ian. He is so cute in all his pictures. Love the invite and the party looks like a great time. Time flies!
Happy birthday Ian! Glad you had a fun day with everyone Ash. Tim- great job on the cake. Yes we are planning on going to Doug's wedding- we'll see you there.
He was such a little charmer at his party! I loved how excited he was about everything and everyone. Thanks for inviting us. Can't wait to see the video.
Happy Birthday Ian!!! We were sorry we couldn't make it down for your party. I have a gift for you and will be sending it to you next week as it is at your Aunt Stephanie's. I am going down next week and will get it in the mail to you. Looks like you had a ton of fun and we can't wait to see your videos. Your daddy did a great job on your birthday cake. Hopefully we can see you sometime this summer. You have really grown and are such a cute little guy. We haven't seen you since you were blessed. Wow!!! Maybe you can get your grandma and grandpa Diamond to bring you up to Idaho and we can go on the boats!!!! We love you and hope to see you soon. Love....Aunt Denise and Uncle Bob
One already! Holy cow!
Happy Birthday Ian! What a cutie. I can't believe he is one! Time sure flies. How fun for him to be so excited about everything! Looks like you had quite the party!
First Birthdays are the best!! Looks like you guys had a great party, and I am totally impressed by thtat cake Tim made.
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