Brigham's Birthday

Hooray! Brigham is ONE! We are incredibly blessed with this CUTIE! He has brought us so much joy. Can't believe how fast a year has gone by. Can't believe how much he has changed/learned in a year. He surprises me everyday with what he understands and learns. We tried hard to make his first birthday special.
 Brigham loved the "growing up" picture banner of himself.

I made his favorite lunch- lasagna!! And he said, "Mmmmm!" We had a fun party with papa and grandma, gramma and grampa W, and Dylan and Mauri.

I did a "Very Hungry Caterpillar" themed party. Here is the caterpillar cake. The frosting melted before I could take a picture. He did look a lot fuzzier.

Brigham thought the balloons were the best part.

Grandma and him had a fun time hitting the balloon caterpillar hanging from the ceiling.

Brig went crazy for his presents. We just set them down on the floor and then put him down and he crawled right over to them and started pulling the gifts out of the bags. He was moving so fast it was hard to get a good picture.

And of course he was spoiled with way too many presents.

He's a big fan of the lego blocks we got him. He loves stacking them together and putting them in trucks and buckets and pulling them back out. He is always carrying around a block or two.

 Papa had to get him a John Deere tractor. As soon as Brig pulled it out he started pushing it around and making tractor noises.

Dylan and Mauri gave him fun animal book that he likes to look at before nap time. Gramma and Grampa W gave him some stylin' clothes for when he is a little bit older.

 Lighting the candle and getting ready to sing Happy Birthday!

We pulled out a clean shower curtain and let Brig have his cake. Unfortunately, he wasn't too interested. I think maybe he thought it was weird eating on the floor with a bunch of people watching him.

 He did play in the frosting a little...

 I was bummed he didn't like the cake because I even made it healthy for him to eat with applesauce, blueberries, and craisins.

 He did however enjoy the strawberries that went with Grandma's angle food cake that we made for her. Brig was glad that we celebrated her birthday too so he could eat all of the strawberries! Happy birthday Grandma! We love you!
After cake and presents we decided to go to the lake for some sand! Brigham was really fun to watch because this was his first experience with sand instead of the usual rocks and muds. He laid down on his tummy and started moving his arms around in it like he was swimming!

 

 Jared and Dylan tried to catch some fish...

All in all I think he had a great day. He was wiped out by bedtime. We love you so much Brigham!!