Birthday Party

We had Drew's birthday party yesterday. He doesn't turn one until the 14th, but doing it this weekend would ensure that everyone could be there...and they were; all 50 of them! We had quite a crowd and Drew was so happy to see everyone. He was especially happy when he saw someone who would take him over to touch the balloons! He was such a good boy for his birthday party despite the cold that all of us had. He was up at 3:50AM and only had a half hour nap in the morning, so I wasn't sure that he would make it to the cake. I don't think he knew what to make of the fire and the singing and the silly hat he had to wear, but once he had a nice big slice of cake to eat nothing else seemed to matter.

"I am supposed to eat this?"
"mmm, ok I guess I'll eat it."

"Thanks for taking me to touch the balloons Grannie!"

After cake, Drew took a nap. I was amazed that he slept an hour! He is usually such a light sleeper, but he was wiped out! So he didn't get to open presents with everyone, but later at night he did...and boy was he spoiled! He got this cool new wagon from his Grampy. It was beautiful out today so we took him to the school for a test drive (I would post those pictures, but guess what? They are on the other camera). He got so many other wonderful gifts!
We are so happy that everyone could join us for this special occasion. I wanted to make his party special, and having all of his family and friends together made that happen. I can't believe my baby is about to turn one. I didn't realize how hard it would be to look back at the past year and see how fast he has grown up. We love you Drew!