Birthday Boy

On Saturday Oct. 24th we celebrated Browen's first birthday with a small group of family and neighborhood friends. Browen was a little overwhelmed by the crowd at first. He's never seen so many people in his house at once. For his birthday Blake and I decorated together the night before. We were more excited to celebrate Browen's birthday than he would have been,even if he had known what was going on. It's true: first birthdays are more for the parent than the child. Browen did enjoy having a large group of familiar faces come to visit him, he also enjoyed the stories we read to the group because they are his favorites (Dinosaur Roar and Hi Pizza Man). The big event was that he got to eat his own cake made by Raven and you can see form the pictures that he was shy at first. He approached the cake with caution. After dad painted a chocolate smiley face on Browen's belly Browen started to warm up to the messy experience. By the end he ate way more cake than any one year old should be allowed to ingest. Browen had some help opening presents form some of the girls in our neighborhood, they were excited for him and couldn't resist the wrapping paper and gift bags. All in all, in was a fun event and great experience for Browen (who took a good 24hrs to come off of the sugar high). Thanks to all who came an participated.