My precious baby boy turned ONE YEAR OLD today.
I can hardly believe it. They say it goes by fast....and it sure does.
Sweet little Benjamin sleeping on his last night of "infanthood."
I love when he sleeps with his little bum in the air :-)
When he woke up in the morning it was his birthday!!!
He was still waking up but I was ready to wish him Happy Birthday
I had already finished almost everything for the party later in the day so we were free to just play and enjoy some fun together.
Benjamin took a pretty long morning nap so afterward we went for a late lunch and met Daddy at McDonalds where Benjamin got his first Happy Meal complete with a hamburger, apples and apple juice.
He hasn't hardly had any juice at all so this was a treat!
I'm pretty sure he was enjoying himself :-)
After lunch we ran a really quick errand then came home to play a bit more before his afternoon nap.
He finally fell asleep and slept about 30 minutes before his party was ready to start....we had to go wake up our sleeping cutie!
Wake up little boy, it's PARTY TIME!
We didn't plan a huge event for his party, but we're super lucky because our amazing friends have a little boy who was born on February 3rd too...but a year earlier so he was turning 2 today. We love that our little boys share the same birthday so we decided to have a little dinner party with our families. It was perfect!
Even though we weren't having a huge party I still wanted to have a few little touches that Benjamin can see some day and know that his Mama was really excited that he was turning one. I didn't have a "theme" but just used a few bright colors. Here's the decor...
little star banner made out of scrapbook paper and ribbon
Happy Birthday banner made of scrapbook paper and ribbon
close-up of the banner
view of the "party table"
close-up of the tissue paper pom poms I made....super easy and cost $1. I made 3 of them, yellow, red and green
Benjamin's smash cake. He LOVES the book "The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear" so I thought it would be fitting. Nothing fancy AT ALL but fit the bill
the cake next to Benjamin's favorite page of the book
presents, cake, festive plates, M&M's?? What more do you need to celebrate?
We snacked on M&M's, then ate dinner of chicken spaghetti, fresh fruit salad, green beans, and garlic bread.
Then, it was time for presents :-)
Peter with the birthday boys Micah and Benjamin
Micah gets a new Wiggles DVD
Benjamin gets a new Wiggles DVD too!
He totally recognized Elmo on his new bathmat from Mommy & Daddy
Micah now has a whole lot of Dart guns to choose from :-)
I think he could get used to the whole present thing!
figuring out his new spray bottle from his friends!
playing the Elmo guitar from Mommy & Daddy
It was fun to watch our little boys open a few toys. It's so joyful to see your kids smiling faces!
Then it was time for CAKE.
we sang Happy Birthday to Micah!
then sang Happy Birthday to Benjamin
Haddie helped him blow out his candle
then he started the tradition all one year old's enjoy. SMASH CAKE. The pictures show it all.
Oh yeah, this birthday cake stuff is awesome!!!
We gave him a quick shower in the sink and then engaged in some dart gun wars.
It was a great night, thanks for coming over Zderads, we love you guys.
The rest of the evening was spent listening to family members sing "Happy Birthday" over the phone.
Benjamin would clap as they sang :-)
And we just played with our adorable little boy who is walking like a crazy man. He is soooo steady and really getting the hang of it, it's fun to watch.
"you do realize your free time is dwindling don't you Mama?" says Benjamin
TOUCHDOWN!
walking around with one of his balloons....he actually tried saying balloon tonight too!
tickle time with Daddy!
Like all parties, this one had to come to an end. Pajamas and bedtime had finally arrived and it was time for night night. I only teared up right at the end of the night in sheer amazement of how quickly my baby is growing. I love him so much sometimes I feel my heart could burst. Oh, I have my moments of impatience, but being Benjamin's mommy is the greatest thing to ever happen to me. Seeing Peter as a Daddy is the most amazing gift to watch. Slobbery kisses from my now one year old are the highlight of my day.
Benjamin Daniel Klingler, you are ONE! You are crazy, goofy, independent, stubborn, curious, observant, lovable and perfect in our eyes. We are so glad we get to be your parents and will do our best to raise you to know and love Jesus. I just can't stop smiling when I think about you because you bring us so much JOY. Today we celebrated your first year of life and we hope you'll be able to look back at these pictures someday and know how much we loved you now and how much we always will.
Happy Birthday Benjamin :-)
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