Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Brody's big First Birthday Shindig occurred last Saturday in our church gym/ fellowship area. We all enjoyed pizza, cake and a lot of playtime. Brody loves cars and trucks right now, so we planned the party accordingly and I think that he had a blast!
The child has yet to meet a food that he doesn't like. So, after consuming an entire piece of pizza, he proceeded to dig in to his "smash" cake.
I think that the icing was his favorite part.
He was very sweet and offered to share with Jay, Drew and Paisley as they gathered around to watch him eat his cake.
Brody had a lot of little buddies and a lot of big buddies there to wish him a happy first birthday. Cousin Caden loved rocking on the caterpillar. Look at that cool hat!
Brody rode around on Brax's tractor and literally ran over Ben, Drew and Brax at different times throughout the party. Momo and Grandpa got him him his very own little 4-wheeler (just like Brax got for his first birthday). It is much more size-appropriate and much less dangerous to all of those in the vicinity. I'll have to post pictures of that soon.
Brody's buddy Bradyn came to party too!
Aunt Abby (with baby Trevi in her belly), hanging out with the Birthday Boy!
Mommy loves her big ONE year old!There were many more friends and family there who didn't make the blog, but we truly appreciate you coming to celebrate with us and know that Brody had a wonderful birthday!
Brody had his one-year physical today and got a bill of perfect health, outstanding personality, and amazing intelligence. (okay, I may have fabricated the part about intelligence, but Dr. John did say that he just had a big head to hold his big brain, so I made the obvious leap :) Here are his latest stats: Wt-24#10oz (74%) Ht-30in (55%) Head-49.3cm (99%). He's walking all over the place, saying 5 or 6 words (that I understand), climbing on and over everything, and learning something new just about every day! It's great to be one!

In addition to Brody's party, we took the boys trick-or-treating for the first time. We went with our good friends the Blankinships and the boys loved it! Momo and Grandpa got to join us for the festivities and for pumpkin carving afterward. I didn't get too many great pictures since it was so dark, but I did capture one of Momo and Grandpa with the superheroes!
And here is our jack-o-lantern, complete with a "bubba" tooth, just like Brax!
Hope that everyone has had a wonderful week! We're slowing down at our house for a few days... at least that's the plan. Keep checking on us!

2 comments:

Dee-Dee said...

Happy 1st Birthday to your little one! I love the pumpkin shot - too funny!

Misty said...

I can't believe Brody is a year old! Time flies. Brax and Brody are just adorable. Brody needs to teach Maggie some of his skills;)