Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Jaxton's First (1) Birthday!!!!!!!

Hold on to something cause this is a looong post. And i used self restraint to not post more...


First off: Jaxton's birthday was SOSOSO fun, WAAAY funner then i ever thought it would be considering he's turning 1, and well, that kind of speaks for itself.

Secondly: SOOO sad that i didn't get a picture of everyone there!! What was i thinking?! seriously. Now he will never know who was at his first birthday, sad sad sad....Oh wait, yes he will because i will list them here!! we are saved. List: Both grandparents on both sides plus a great Grandma Wing, Aunts: Brooke, Natasha, Arianne, and Chanel. Uncles: Jason, Steve, and Isaac. Cousins: Kaitlyn, Max, Ethan, and Mairee...i really hope i didn't forget anyone...

Third: It REALLY was SOO fun! (did i mention that?) AND we just LOVE the support we get from our AMAZING families! Thanks for coming and making it fun fam!


It was a beautiful day and we had a YUM BBQ. Which stands for a delicious BBQ.

This is the first picture of the day. Aww. We just love Jax. Happy Birthday!



CLOSE UP!

Aunt Chanel being helpful, as ALWAYS...

Then we ate...no pictures, i'm lame. Then the kiddies played some little games. Again lame, no pictures. But don't worry, i make up for the "no pictures" during present time. Huraay! Present time, by the way, was hilarious and SO fun. Jax loved the whole thing. So did I, to the extent that I may or may not have started acting pretty crazy-psycho-spoiling-momish, without knowing it... well, right up until i said something like (while truly panicking) "Hurry and take this off so he can play with it!! He might start crying!! Hurry!!" Then i felt a little silly. Because, he was just fine and had TONS of stuff to play with. and i realized that i may or may not have yelled it. or just may have. ANYWAY, no more awkward stories, below, i give you "PRESENTS":


The FIRST of many presents: a CUTE frog chair, you will see it in almost ever picture here after.


The chair was from max/steve/tash. To celebrate we took this picture. If you can look at this picture without busting up laughing, i just might pay you money...please keep an eye out for this "max face" in pictures to come...I can't tell you how many times i've looked at this picture and just not been able to stop laughing, like right now...:)

This is unreal: Jax interested in a book for longer than 3 seconds. Thank you brooke/jason/ethan/katelyn.

And this is just sad. Blurry pictures are the worst, i CANT delete it though because its SO cute! sadly, there will be more blurry ones. Don't hate me, hate my camera, and don't hate it too bad cause it was expensive, and usually does a good job.

Still loving the book...

SO excited to pull off wraping paper! I love this kid!

Oooh, my mom got him "pop rocks". Jax thinks the packaging alone "pops rocks"...:) hehe.
This is Jax actually eating the pop rocks: for more on this, visit the bottom of this post where i have actual photage. well, a movie. the reaction from jax leaves you wanting more, but he sure has a cute face. :)
These next pictures i'm not going to really explain, random picts of presents, cute, cute cousins and "max face".




this was his only sad face, and it's not even sad, more confused and concerned then anything. He was SOSO good, and he was nap-less! He loved every second. Well, that might be a little exaggeration, but it was amazing how good he was and just really enjoying everything.

Trying to get a picture of all the cousins, correction, of all the cousins looking at the camera at the same time. Is that a realistic goal? look at the next three pictures and you tell me. and then i'll tell you: it's extremely unrealistic.

lost a cousin ethan...:)

This is us. and Katelyn. :)
Check out Katelyn's face. or her hands, or both. :)
Jax got such fun little toys and some little outfits and some swim diapers. YAY! Birthday's are the best! Everyone was SO nice to jax. ps. if you were wondering Justin and i got him a little bike seat to go on the back of Justin's bike. So that should be fun.


THEN...


I made this, and it was DANG good.


And as you can see i impressed my birthday baby, which was what i was going for.


YUMMMMM!


Jax eating the well deserved cake. Not with as much gusto as some 1 year olds i've seen. There is a movie at the bottom of this post showing his great deed. It's pretty funny, in a non-exciting kind of way.


oh geeze, he's so cute!!


Then the party ended.

Which was sad for all involved I'm sure. I was way sad.


Here are a few picts of the "afterpary".

Puzzel time. He loves this puzzel.


Jax was HALARIOUS in this chair. I think the he just couldn't get over that it was just his size. He sat in this thing for quite a while. This kid sits NO WHERE for "quite a while" so thats saying something.


His grandma Gause gave him this Leap Frog game/learning experience. It goes on the fridge. He LOVES it for many reasons. One big one is that it plays music, specifically the alphabet song, all you have to do is push a button. Also, when you place a letter in it, it sings " A says aaaaa and A says aaaaaa, every letter makes a sound, A says aaaaaa" and so on for each and every letter you choose. And he is pro at hitting the alphabet button and sometimes get's lucky with the letters. So thats a fun journey.



This is the video with the pop-rocks. Please ignore me.



This is the video with the cake eating.



Okay, so if you didn't know yet, Jaxton's birthday was just a blast and i was so glad it was a good experience. Good weather, good food, good company, good baby's. We are living the dream. :)


6 comments:

  1. SO cute. Glad it was such a hit! Birthdays are the best.

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  2. I've been so excited to see these pictures! And they are just SOOOO cute!! I love that handsome little dude! It was the best one year old party I have ever been to, and that cake was divine!

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  3. Great job. Birthday's are fun and so exciting.
    Cant wait to see you in July. the 15th Im going to sacramento but I should be able to see you before I leave. Jaxton is a cutie, he ate that cake very neatly! :)

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  4. What a fun day!!! Have I ever told you what an amazing mom you are... If I haven't I want to let you know that I sure think you are! And you have such a cute kid! I think my favorite pic is the one you are holding Jax looking at his birthday cake and your mom is just beaming in the background!!! We need to come down and see you guys, now that life is getting back to semi-normal :) Im so happy that Jax had a great 1st birthday! We miss you guys lots and can't wait to see you soon

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  5. That's so great! happy birthday to jax! And you never have to apologize for a lot of pictures or commentary. you'd be sad if you didn't!

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  6. What a fun time you guys had! I love how much cake he could put in his mouth. But you didn't say what kind of cake it was. It all looked delicious. And he seemed incredibly even-tempered! That is so great and I hope it lasts through all his birthdays!

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