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!