Monday, August 31, 2009

Kaeson's First Birthday

On Friday, my baby boy turned 1.  It seems like just yesterday that we brought our little papoose home from the hospital! We love this little guy so much!  Every day with him adds new excitement and adventure!  He definitely keeps me on my toes.

We had a BBQ with friends to celebrate his birthday.  It was lots of fun.  We are so glad everyone came.
The birthday boy, right before he had his birthday cake.  It was way bright outside, so it was hard to get him to look up, this is the best we got.
It took him a while, but after a lot of poking and exploring the cake, he finally dug in and made a good mess.  We planned on making a fondant cake for the party, but had a few glitches in our day, so we put the half done cake to the side and went and bought a generic cake at the last minute.  We'll try again next year and plan it a little better.
Anna, Heather, Ella, Megan, and Brad
John, Janella, Katherine, Sarah, Ashley, Matthew, Ryan, and Anna again.

We had a pinata for the kids, and I wanted to let Kaeson take a whack at it too.  He actually really liked it.  I was surprised.  All the kids loved the pinata.



Most of the kids didn't want to wear a blindfold, but Dayna was so cute about it!  She had a headband on, and she was so excited that she had her very own blindfold.


Bethany Jansson


Dayna, Dax, Tyler, Tessa, and Parker 

Daddy and the birthday boy.
Kaeson with his birthday present from grandma and grandpa.  He is a little small for it, but he loves it!

Happy Birthday Kaeson!

Here are a few things he is doing at one year:

He has been walking for about a month. 
He loves to wave bye-bye
He signs "more" and "done"
He says, "uh-oh", "yeah", and jabbers nonstop.
He loves to climb on everything.
He is always exploring, and I frequently lose track of him as he does.
He LOVES his big brother!
He takes two 2-3 hour naps every day.
He is always sticking something in the toilet.
He occasionally points to his nose when you ask him to.
He gives awesome kisses--when he feels like it.
He just had haircut #6 today!

16 comments:

Mark and Patty Taylor said...

Fun pictures. Wish we could have been there to celebrate with you. Can't believe my little boy is one. Where is a picture of the cake?

Audrey said...

Happy birthday Kaeson! He is so so cute! I too can not believe it has been a year. Time flies when your having fun! Cute pictures

The Hokanson's said...

I have been waiting for you to post! I keep looking every day. I was disappointed not to see a cake though. Where is it ;) jk. Mom told me what happened. Looks like fun! Too bad they couldn't have had a joint birthday party! maybe someday! He is a cutie, I really hope he likes me next time he sees me! Love ya

Milmonster said...

Happy Birthday Kaeson!

Mike and Kimmy said...

Oh my sweet little Kaeson is all grown up!!! I can't believe he is one. He is still as cute as ever. I miss everybody. Actually, I miss life because I'm too sick to enjoy anything!

Texie said...

I wish I could squeeze him! I really miss you guys. Especially when something like this happens!
Happy Birthday Kaeson!

Hepworth Family said...

He's had more haircuts than Birthdays! He is such a cutie! I hope he had a wonderful Birthday! It seems like yesterday we were waiting to hear when you had him!

Taffy and Tony said...

Wow! I can't believe he's already a year old. It just happens way too fast!

Gina said...

OK I'm sorry but I am so jealous. Kenzie is 20 months and just going to have haircut #2 and that is only in the hopes that it might make her hair grow!!

He is sooo cute. Happy Birthday Kaeson.

Kayc said...

Awww. Cute pics! It looks like you guys had alot of fun. I wish we were there to celebrate!

Laura Jansson said...

Cute pictures! Thanks for inviting us, it was a fun afternoon :)

The Erickson Family said...

Hey just got an invited to Louisville for a interview. Aaron

The Griner Family: said...

How fun!! He still has so much hair!!

BeeP said...

Happy Birthday Kaeson! So cute! I miss you guys.

Sarah B. said...

He is one already?! See how much I am missing! What a cutie...

Megan said...

Ahhh, he's so cute. It was a super fun party!!! Can you believe your baby is one year old?!?! Crazyness....