Birthday party fun

Today, we finally celebrated Jace's first Birthday. It turned out to be so much fun, but I'm pooped after everything. It's one of those fun things about being a mom...going all out crazy for their kids Birthdays. Let's also just say that Jace really hit the motherload with all the presents. It was like Christmas in our house except for everything was just for him! We didn't get any pictures of him opening presents, but we got plenty of the best part....the cake! He didn't care for the presents as much as he cared for the cake. For his Birthday, we just had our close family come over and have dinner and play a couple games and that kind of stuff. The food was so yummy too! We just had mainly little appetizer things like deviled eggs, mini eggrolls, cocktail franks wrapped in bacon and brown sugar, meatballs and a couple salads. I owe my mom a huge thanks for helping out so much with all the food and my sister-in-law Andrea a huge thanks for bringing her cake stuff over and helping me decorate what we could with the cake. Here are some fun pictures from his first Birthday party.

Jace's First Birthday cake...do you have any idea what it is? I'm not a cake decorator by any means. It's supposed to be a caterpillar and then there's oreos as dirt with gummy worms.

Jace didn't know what to think about it at first. The picture came out a little blurry.

First, he started out with eating the eyes. Of course, he's like his daddy and goes for the cookies first.

He wouldn't touch the cake much at first, but then, he finally got his hands into it and just destroyed it!

Then, he finally started eating it. He was such a mess to clean up. I couldn't even get him into the bathroom without dragging a huge trail of crumbs behind.

My cute niece and nephew enjoying the party. They were there all ready to party. They made Jace his Birthday signs and they picked out a ton of presents for him.

We got Pin the Tail on the Donkey for the kids and I was a sport and got on my knees and joined in the fun.

Uncle D-Rock, Lauren, Grandpa Rowley, and Grandma Great.

Grandma Rowley and mom-mom

Aunt Andrea, Uncle Kyle, and Great Grandpa Campbell

Great Grandma and Grandpa Campbell. My grandpa was so cute with his party hat on.

Jace enjoying his John Deere tractor he got. He looks so cute scooting on it. I'm hoping it will help him walk because there's a handle he can use to push it. He tried it and actually walked a few steps. I'm excited for tomorrow to go through all of his stuff again.

After his party, my family left and Lance's hung around for a little while. It was so much fun having them all there. We went in and sang hymns together and it was so much fun just having family there. I really enjoy being raised and married into musical family. Whenever we would all sing, Jace would start clapping and would get really excited. I really had a fun time today celebrating Jace's first year of life. I can't wait for many more!

Trip to the doctor

Today, I took Jace to his doctor for his 1-year visit. Those visits are horrible! It's one of the hardest things to go through as a parent. They haven't been so bad so far, but the 1-year is definitely the worst! Jace now weighs 22 pounds 4 ounces and is 30 inches long. So, he has finally averaged his weight/height out. When he was newborn, he was huge. He was off the charts up until about 6 months. Then, after that, he finally averaged out his weight and height. He's actually still above average on his height, but he's average on weight. He had to have 6 shots today. It was rough for both of us. He usually only gets shots in his legs, but being that it's flu shot season, he got to have them in his arms as well. Let's just say...I'm very glad to have gotten today over, but the next few days might be a little rough with a grumpy baby. I hate shots!

Happy Birthday little Buddy!

Today is a very sad day for me because I feel like my baby isn't a baby anymore now that he's one year old. I feel like he's out of that baby age. I just can't believe that this first year of having him has flown by so fast. This past week, I was seriously thinking that maybe I had his Birthday wrong because it doesn't seem like it should be the one year mark already. My little Jacer is just growing too fast. It's kind of been a hard weekend. We had a party with our families all planned and everything changed when Lance, Jace, and I got the flu this weekend. We think it started with Jace because he threw up on like Wednesday or Thursday and then he's been having messy diapers constantly since then. Then, Lance and I woke up yesterday morning with the same thing. So, unfortunately, we cancelled the party until later this week. It's a little sad to have to have done that because it's so much funner to have your party right on your Birthday and I was so excited to have it, but then at the same time, Jace will never know the difference. It juse means putting off his first Birthday cake and presents until later in the week. My sweet mom is still going to come by tonight to give Jace a little Birthday dinner since I still don't feel up to cooking. Jace did get a donut for breakfast this morning and he loved it! It was just one of those small powdered donuts, but still, it was a real treat for him. Here are a few pictures of Jace in his first year of life.

Our beautiful 9 lb 10 oz 22-inch long little boy born October 19 and 12:21 AM. Yes, he was very huge!

This is the most recent photo we have of him. I know it probably looks like we're like pulling his arms, but we're really not. Jace just likes to walk on his tiptoes and go very fast, which is the reason he can't walk yet. He's now 20+ pounds and probably like 30 inches. His one-year appointment is this week, so we'll soon find out.

I wish I could just post every picture I have of him, but I thought these were a few of the best ones. I'm sure I'll post again once we actually have his Birthday party later this week. Let's hope nothing else gets in the way of it. Happy Birthday my little guy!