Ryan's 1st Birthday Party!

Ryan had his first birthday party at our house on Saturday, February 21st and it was a huge success! I was really pleased with the way everything turned out. The guests really seemed to enjoy themselves, the food was great and the decorations were so cute! The theme for his party was sports and we had the guests wear their favorite sports jerseys or Tshirts! Most people participated! Everyone looked great in their shirt!



After we ate dinner, it was defintely time for cake! We all sang Happy Birthday and Aunt Lori had to blow out Ryan's candles. We gave Ryan a gigantic piece of cake! At first, he used his little pincher fingers to take small bites of the cake. Then he really got into it. That icing tasted fantastic!! He looked adoreable with his blue icing beard! We immediately gave him a bath afterward.




We just want to say thank you for everything all of our friends and family have given us to make Ryan's 1st Birthday so special. We Love You!

Happy 1st Birthday Ryan!!!

Today is Ryan's first birthday!!! It's so hard to believe that it has been a whole year since he was born! I kept thinking about everything that Adam and I were going through last year, February 19, 2008...thinking about the labor, and how we were so excited to become new parents. It's an absolutely amazing, beautiful thing! Ryan was a beautiful baby. He still is so handsome and he has grown so much!

We really didn't do a whole lot to celelbrate Ryan's birthday today. Ryan and I spent most of the day running errands and setting up for his birthday party on Saturday. Adam made Ryan sloppy joe, which we recently found out that he really likes. We are looking forward to his party on Saturday and watching him grow over the years to come.

A Week of Firsts!!!

So I realize I haven't updated my blog since Christmas! I know I've been absolutely terrible at it. This week has become a very important week in our lives, so I definitely want to share it with you! Most of you know that Ryan will be turning 1 on Thursday, February 19th! It's hard to believe that it has already been one year since Ryan came into our lives!!! We decided to make it a very special week for Ryan.

Today, we went to Cartoon Cuts in Marley Station mall. Ryan got his hair trimmed for the first time and he did Great!!! At first, I thought it might be a distaster, but Ryan sat still most of the time and let the lady do a Fantastic Job! I was very impressed. I highly recommend Cartoon Cuts because there are tvs playing kid shows and many bright colors in the store to keep their attention!

After the haircut, we went to get Ryan his first real pair of tennis shoes. Ryan started walking around 11 months so it was definitely time for some shoes. We tried Payless first but the shoes just didn't seem to fit him right. Then we went to Stride Rite. We got a great pair that are cute and velcro!!! I couldn't believe that Ryan has to wear Extra Wide shoes! He's got little Fred Flintstone feet! It's so cute watching him try to walk in shoes for the first time! Well, keep checking for updates during Ryan's 1st birthday week!!!