Weston's 1st Birthday!

Weston is 1!!! Since his birthday is just 2 days after Christmas, we had his party on New Year's Day. Unfortunately, this meant that a lot of family and friends were unable to make the trip to celebrate with us. So I promised you all that I would take a ton of pictures so you could be apart of the day through the pictures!

Our decorations included a lot of balloons.... I mean A LOT!

The balloons spilled into the orange room-- we were also able to hang all of our picture frames before the party too.

Matt relaxed before the party began.... tons of balloons

We staged the gift table in the dinning room... with more balloons

Weston gave his Aunt Diane a HUGE face squeeze

Even though we had a lot of new toys and even more kids at the party, Weston was the happiest when he was able to explore through the house-- sans baby gates and munch on fallen ice

This was the sheet cake we ordered from Publix for everyone to enjoy-- Matt said his favorite part of the party was cutting GIANT slices for all the kids.

Publix gives free "smash cakes" for 1st birthdays with the purchase of a sheet cake.

Matt's Aunt Amy and Mimi bought Weston a collection of candle holders in the shape of circus animals. This year, we chose the Lion would hold the 1st candle.

Here we go....

he likes icing!

Uncle Mike video taped for us!

and now the war paint has been applied... I'm having a Braveheart flashback

yep... he loves icing

Sisters at the party

We bought rub on tattoos for the kids at the party... Ryan enjoyed showing Tracy his "Mom" tattoo

two of the party goers-- the youngest sons of Matt's two best friends, Ian, who's Adam's son, and Jamon, who's Darren's youngest

The Wolkow Family: Riva, Darren, Tobin, and Jamon

Matt's two best friends from High School and their families-- the Aurands, Wolkows, and the Walkers

Matt, Darren, and Adam

Playing with the drum and other musical instraments Mom and Jim bought him for his birthday!

Playing with the caterpillar tunnel Darren and Riva got him

excited about the tunnel

We bought him a keyboard and a snare drum for his birthday-- he loves making music... making his daddy proud!

Christmas Day... con't

The dishwasher is humming, the pans are drying, the remaining dishes are soaking, and toys are strewn across my living room floor. Yup, Christmas hit our house HARD! It was a perfect Christmas from start to finish. Mom and Jim came over in time to see Weston's first Christmas, we had dough boys for breakfast, Mike and Diane came over a little earlier than expected to try and beat leaving so late into the weather (more on that later), Weston finally took a nap, I didn't screw up the turkey-- in fact it was delicious-- and we had a white Christmas... picturesque in fact.

In the background you can see the tent set up that Mom and Jim got for dubs. He's playing with a t-rex flashlight that roars and lights up when you squeeze his tail.

Matt's showing Weston the flashlight

taking off the bows to Uncle Mike's present

playing with a stackable snowman

My turkey in all it's glory!

The dinner table before we began... stuffing, mashed potatoes, home made rolls, buttered green beans, and turkey

Matt carved it so perfectly!

Our white Christmas

We hope you all had a wonderful, family-filled, safe Christmas!

CHRISTMAS DAY!!!

My folks came over this morning before we brought Weston down stairs so they could see him enjoy his first Christmas. We had everything set up so Weston could just tear into his Santa gifts. Unfortunately, it was a little anticlimactic. Once his presents were opened, though, he loved the gifts inside. Santa brought him some stuffed animals, a dump truck, a fire truck, some block shapes, and the coolest toy-- a power wheels atv. Mom and Jim brought him a spinning top and the winner of all Christmas toys... a tent set up-- it has two tents and a tunnel that connects them. Love isn't a strong enough word to describe his feelings towards this tunnel!

After presents were opened, Matt cooked some bacon and I made dough boys. Mom and Jim were in charge of the mimosas! Once breakfast wound down, Mom and Jim had to get on the road to Nashville-- so they packed up their goodies and headed out. Weston, meanwhile, should have taken a nap, but unfortunately, he was so excited, he could not fall asleep. It's 12:56 right now, the boy has been up since approximately 7:00 and he's in his crib trying to take a nap-- I think he's finally down.

Matt's brother, Mike and his wife, Diane, are coming over tonight for dinner-- turkey dinner... more pictures to follow.