Ok - I finally have a few spare moments to share more from Graham's birthday party. I have the pictures uploaded and even some video!
First of all, I have to say that we had a GORGEOUS day for the party - couldn't have asked for better weather. We were able to be outside most of the time and even opened presents out there. Here is a shot of Graham and his little friend Savannah running in the yard - sooo cute!
You might be wondering about G's shirt....I got it at thinkgeek.com and there is a coordinating one that Wil wore that says v 1.0 - I can't believe I didn't get a shot of the two of them together! Oh well - next time.....back to the party.
A little football game broke out on the back lawn and the little people did run around and "play" along with them, but one of my favorite shots is this one of Graham taking a break on the sidelines....
Kind of looks like he's trying to start the wave, doesn't it?!
After some visiting and playing in the yard we had a bite to eat - brunch goodies like egg brunch casserole, muffins from Costco, and fruit. After eating we took the presents out to the patio and G dug in (with mommy's help!) Here are a few moments of the action...
G did a nice job of getting into his gifts - especially when it came to tossing tissue paper out of the bag and over his shoulder :) After awhile Savannah came over to help him some of the packages - he was more than willing to share the fun!
Graham got a lot of fun toys, clothes, and other good stuff - it was hard to keep moving from one thing to the next as G would have liked to check everything out and play with it a little before moving on.
After opening presents we went in to have cake - well actually, cupcakes. Instead of letting him dig into a whole cake, I thought it would be fun for him to have his own cupcake. Here's a bit of what that looked like....
Of course you can't eat something and NOT run your hands all through your hair! This is what he looked like when it was all said and done...
mmmmm...cake :)
Not long after this Graham seemed completely worn out, so he took a bit of a power nap - while he rested, Wil and I worked on removing everything from it's box and layer after layer of wire twist tie thingies. When he got up from his nap I put him in his new bean outfit (love it!) and sat him down in the middle of all his toys. This kept him occupied while we played some cards with Warren and Sarah.
We ordered in pizza to celebrate Wil and Sarah's birthdays too - HAPPY BIRTHDAY WIL AND MUM MUM!! And as I mentioned in the quick recap, the boy was up until 10:00pm that night - he just wouldn't quit!! He had a really good time with the bunches of balloons and I wish I had the camera out to capture some of that fun...while G played the part of the Energizer bunny, I watched the finale of Big Brother and crashed on the couch. I finally had to put him in bed because I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer!
So there you have it - you can see more pictures by clicking HERE. My next free moments will involve writing thank you notes - we are so lucky to have so many wonderful people in our lives to help us celebrate these milestones. I wanted the party to be as much about thanking them for all of their support this past year as it was about Graham turning a year old. It was a day to celebrate many things and we couldn't be happier about the way it turned out :)