Birthday Celebrations...

I want to share some pictures from Jake's birthday celebrations. Yes, that's plural. We just did two very small family parties. And party really isn't a very accurate term - we simply had cake and opened presents and loved all over him all day (not that we don't do that everyday.) I kept going back and forth, feeling bad that I wasn't making a huge deal out of his 1st birthday, but I think we covered the important stuff. And we got some great pictures! Jake did not disappoint with the cake smash.  (Warning: picture overload below, sorry. There were so many good ones, I just couldn't narrow it down.)

The cake. I ordered it from Shelby Lynn's. It was awesome. I love how it turned out. (I decided to just match the cake to his nursery instead of having a theme, since there wasn't much else to the party as far as decorations go.)


Jake had a matching little smash cake. (Josh was playing around with our camera in this shot. We still only know about .05% of what the camera is capable of doing. We're learning!)

Had to include at least one pic of him opening presents. He, of course, was more infatuated with the tissue paper than the gifts.

Getting started on the cake...

Really getting into it...

Once he started to get a reaction, he really started to ham it up. He was signing "please" here...exactly why he was only wearing a diaper.

Starting to get a little full.

Love this close-up.

 

Opening gifts at party #2 (with Josh's parents...they came in all the way from South Carolina for his birthday.)

 

Jake's first baseball mitt. Thanks Great Grandpa Carl! 

 Starting on cake #2. I decided to make my own cake for this one, since we ordered one for the first party. I also decided to let him try chocolate. Apparently he likes both.

Love that little grin. 

Can't get big enough handfuls. 

Hamming it up again. 

 He's so proud of himself.

 
And a little family picture from his first birthday. New favorite.