First Birthday!

Tate's big day was so nice. We had pancakes for breakfast. Tate managed to grab the one big piece that I hadn't ripped up yet when I went into the kitchen really quick. He knew that was the best piece.
We went to lunch with some friends from the ward. They have a sweet little girl who is a few months older than Tate and she always yells his name and gets really excited when she sees him. It's adorable.

Then when Glenn got home we opened a few presents. Some new pjs, and a basketball hoop from Glenn and I (Glenn is a little excited to start playing sports with our son), an awesome little basketball hoop that makes noises and some fun balls from Nana and Papa. The paper was far more exciting than the presents but I think he did find it interesting that all of the crackly paper had stuff inside.
We had a whole bunch of friends over. Tate had fun wandering through the sea of toys and little people. We, the grown ups, ate yummy food and chatted. Then came the cake. I had a friend in my ward make a cake for the party and a little cake for Tate. She just started a business and they turned out so cute. http://cakesbycassandra.weebly.com/ Unfortunately, I totally spaced getting a picture of the big cake before it was chopped up and devoured. I'll have to post one when she emails a picture to me.

It was so fun to watch Tate's reaction to the cake. He was fascinated by the fire. And then he got to taste it.

His reaction went from, "Hmm, this looks good, I think I'll try it."

To, "Wow, that is delicious! I want more!"

And finally, "How can I get more of it to my mouth faster?"

Delicious! Mother, we should eat this every day!

I know little man. It is so good, isn't it? I don't know why I thought the cake devouring was so stinkin' funny. I could have watched him frantically shove cake in his face all night. I guess I really don't give him too many sweets so it was a special treat. By the third handful his hand was shaking on the way to the cake, he was so excited for more. By the end he had handfuls of cake in his fists. He didn't think he could eat any more but he just didn't want to let it go. He still got pretty mad at Glenn when he took the cake away the put him in the tub.

After the tub we got in new jammas and opened presents from sweet friends. They gave Tate such perfect gifts: new bibs, and little peoplehome made rattles, and trucks and balls. Little Tate did not know what to do with it all!And then there was paper and tissue all over the place at the end. So many things that make fantastic crackly noises!

It was a wonderful day! Thanks to everyone who celebrated with us, even through phone calls and emails. It was so fun to spend a day just celebrating our little boy! Happy year one little man.