Anyrotten, the first 1st birthday party was held over Labor Day weekend in my amazing hometown of Levelland, Tx! That Friday, we drove into Levelland around 11pm with an angry, screaming Nolan. I have to say a HUGE sorry to our cousin April for having to listen to the uncontrollable crying the whole way home...I swear every ride is not like that!!! So, 11pm, yeah. I still have to make my wonderful idea of a cake. I'm an idiot is all I'm going to say. I made my mom promise to NEVER, I mean NEVER let me do that again! It turned out okay, according to my 8 year old cousin, but she's 8. Either way, the cakes got baked that night...icing awaited me in the morning.
Saturday morning came too early. Nolan only slept for about 6 hours when he decided to get up for the day. Ugh. So, while mom played with him, I started icing cakes...that lasted for about
15minutes. I couldn't do it anymore, so we switched. Thank God for Nana, she really did all the work on the cakes and made them look good...Thanks, Mom! Seriously, if she wasn't there, we would have had maybe half a cake with no icing, me in tears and unshowered, and a cranky baby Nolan. But it all worked out. Nolan went down for a morning nap at 10am, Brady started the burgers around 11am, and guests began arriving at noon. Everyone ate, then we sang happy birthday and ate some cake before opening presents, which you all know how a party goes!
Nolan recieved lots of clothes for Fall and Winter, which is really what he needed. He also got some puzzles, some cars, and the big present...the John Deere tractor. The kid can't even reach the pedals, but Papa insisted (He always insists, Lexi got a Jeep, and Lauryn got a bike for their first birthdays...dad's crazy!) However, since Nolan couldn't ride it on his own, Little Lo decided she would drive him all around the back yard. He really liked it, except for all the whiplash. Go figure.
It was a good first 1st birthday party. He got lots of things he needed, and he enjoys them, so that's all that matters! Who cares what the cake looked like...I do that's who! Oh well.
Our weekend didn't end there though. The next day mom, dad, Nolan and I went to take him to get 1st year pictures. He did really well even though he was exhausted. Once we got back into town, it was time to head to the park for a mini family reunion. It was a good time, and fun to watch Brady play kickball in flip-flops (sorry, I didn't get pictures)!
Monday came, and it was time to head back home to Waco. We kept Nolan up all morning so that he would sleep and it wouldn't be a difficult trip. That didn't work. Sure, he slept for the first hour, but after that, oy vay! We can't figure out what it is about Brady's car that he doesn't like. We don't know if he just doesn't feel comforted by the openness of the carseat, if the carseat is too low and he can't see out the windows, or what it is...it was just not like him! Again, sorry April!!! We finally made it home and the screaming ceased. Hallelujah! We played for awhile with new toys, then put the little one to sleep, and then Brady and I started cleaning up the house for party number 2!
Stay tuned.
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