Aiden's Birthday Party

I can't believe we finally got here but my baby boy, Aiden, turned 1 on Saturday!! AHHHHH!!!! Excuse our mess of a 1 year old photo shoot. The teething started to hit full force. DROOL MONSTER!!

It was so much fun with all of our friends and family gathered together to share this special moment! Aiden is one blessed and lucky boy!

All the decorations turned out great! Bob the Builder theme was a success! And the balloons on the ground was a HIT! Thanks Allison! I even loved the way his high chair cover turned out...just one of those last minute things I did.

So the cake decorating adventure...4 cake boxes. 2 batches of buttercream. baking for 3 hours. We have SUCCESS!! I wish I took a picture of the failed attempts, but lets just say I had a little mound of cake pieces. The only thing I wish I would have taken in to account was the size of the trucks! OMG they were a lot bigger than I thought so I could only fit one. BOO! But I still loved it. Even Aiden's cake turned out adorable (Can you see the construction hat?)...plus the cute cake plate my Mom and Dad got when Aiden was born made it cuter. I highly recommend the French Vanilla cake mix though. Delicious!!

Now that we have the cake, let's eat the cake! So you see videos of little kids with cake all over their face. Not Aiden. Such a polite eater, picking up one piece at a time. NO FUN!! So I picked up the cake and held it in front of him then the fun began. As you can see from the picture yes he stuck his head in the cake! hahaha PRICELESS! Regardless he LOVED my cake and couldn't stop eating it. Love that sweet kid!

He was showered with gifts galore! Gosh, our family and friends are amazing! We appreciate it all so much! Adorable clothes (which will make him the most stylin baby in daycare...yes he's going to daycare next month!! AH!), books (which he wanted to eat them all), bath toys (which he loved playing with today, bc bathtime is his fav time), an AWESOME ride-on airplane (LOOK at that face when we put him on it and got the propeller to start spinning), and the best gift of all.....his toy chest/book shelf made by his Grande! Ah!!!! I can FINALLY organize and store his toys! We LOVE it! As you can tell Aiden is one blessed kid!

On Sunday, I got to do something amazing! Flip Aiden's carseat! AHHHH! No more hitting head and Aiden can look forward. Now the passenger seat can be moved back too! Double Yah!!! Aiden is one set little boy with a snack cup and drink holder! Perfect!!

I am so thankful to everyone that got to celebrate this special day with us. Yes, I made it through the day without crying! I can't believe it's already been a year! And the best part of it all was on Friday he started WALKING!!!!!!! He's been doing the one step then fall, but Friday it was like multiple steps. Ah! Just another sign he's not a baby anymore, but I'm loving every moment of it!