It's all About the Cake

Turning 1, that is. We all wait for the moment at the one year old birthday party for the moment that the baby has free range of the cake and gets to smear it everywhere! This year was no exception! Here's a little story in pictures of my little man's first birthday party!

I really can't believe my baby is ONE! WHERE did the time go? Anyway, my friend Cassie and I had a party for our little boys together since they are only 6 days apart. At the beginning of the party we tried getting a good picture of them but they mostly ended up like this.....

However we did get a couple cute ones! Couldn't they be twins?!

Cassie and I with our little boys

With Brookie, I started a tradition of sauce at the first birthday party. I thought it would be fun to keep it up--and the guests don't mind eating such a yummy meal :)

So, he's not walking yet, but he's standing up all by himself...not sure how long until he walks but I'm not holding my breath. His sister didn't walk until she was 18 months old!

The boys were not at all interested in presents. Not the paper, nothing...

They just wanted to get out of there!

And the moment we all wait for...the cake!

And this one was a classic for sure! He felt it and squished it a little...

...and picked up the whole thing. The entire cupcake. And ate it.

It was gone in a matter of minutes.

I love this...caught the little boys sneaking cake! :)

...ahh....and we probably won't give him that much attention while he eats cake until his wedding day ;)

The clothes must come off! :) Trying out his new walker...he walks all over pushing it!

I took him out at the end to get some pictures really quick (I uploaded the one that wasn't cropped, you can see daddy's leg :)

My little cutie!

I love you Joe Joe! You love to laugh, smile, eat, play and wrestle with daddy, yell rather loudly, crawl all the way up the stairs in about 4 seconds and make a big mess with your toys. You bring Mommy so much joy and make me laugh every day! You have the chubbiest cheeks ( I kiss them 1000 times a day) and a chunky belly, but you are only in the 10th percentile for your weight! And 5th for your height...you are a short little Italian baby. :) You are 20 solid pounds of pure love! I am sad that you are already 1, but I love every single stage and I enjoy you every day. At one time I wasn't sure if I wanted any boys. But now I know why God gave you to me and with that he's given me a great responsibility! I pray that you are a preacher or missionary someday! I love you with all of my heart! xoxox, Mommy.