Birthday Boy!

Well he is 1! And we have had a blast celebrating!! Which of course includes lots of fun pictures! That = the MOTHER of long posts! Just fair warning!
On Jaxons actual birthday Joel had the day off! (Paid!) So we filled the day with some fun activities!
We started the day off with a Gymboree class! It was SO fun for Jaxon and I think he really loved it! Anyone with a little kid, I would highly recommend trying a class! They can start as early as 6 months old!

When they pulled out the bubbles Jaxon was FASCINATED!! Joel took this picture and it's my FAVORITE! They were not soap bubbles, some other kind... but they would stick to your fingers, pants, hair, and the floor for a little while before they popped. Very cool I thought!Then we took him to Build-A-Bear! He DOES NOT like bears at all! So he built a monkey! But the noise it makes while it's getting filled with stuffing freaked him out! So I did it! He did like "giving him a bath"!

While we were at the mall we decided to eat at Cheesecake Factory! That was more for mom and dad then Jaxon! Haha Oh well! But he sure was happy to be there! Of course being the show off/ cheese ball that he is, he was waving and smiling at everyone walking by!

While he took his nap Joel and I made his first birthday cake together! I thought it turned out pretty good!


We tried to get birthday pictures done at JC Penney, but they were booked until late and Joel had to get to school! I was so sad! Oh well we are going tomorrow instead! Close enough!
The following pictures speak for themselves!

We LOVE our messy boy! He was not shy in any way and DUG right into the cake! He loved it! He got really spoiled and got so many presents!!!! Because this post is already long enough I will spare you the pictures of him opening them! :)
On Saturday we had his party with our family and a few close friends! Old Spaghetti Factory was the place and we had a great experience there! The service was wonderful and they did not have a million rules like the other places did! We had such a good turn out and are SOOOO thankful! We hope everyone had as much fun as we did!!!


This was the cake for the party! Go Costco it turned out cute! I have some pictures of everyone who showed up, but I just previewed this post and it's longer then I thought! So I will end by saying I really hope my little bubba had a fun birthday! We love him to death, and I know he won't remember his 1st birthday, but I still wanted to make it special! Thanks to all the family and friends who came! The presents were GREAT and your presence was BETTER!!! Love you Jaxon! Now 1 request.... lets slow down and take our time this year! Don't grow up so fast ok? :)