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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Happy 1st Birthday Ayden

Happy 1st Birthday Ayden!
On Saturday April 18th we had a BBQ for Ayden's first birthday. He started the party by taking an unusually long nap (3 hours), so he kept his guest waiting for about an hour but they didn't seem to mind because they were all eating pulled pork sandwiches and drinking italian soda's. Ayden had had bronchitis all week so I am glad he took a long nap. He held out well though all of his presents (he got a ton, so thank you everyone!) and his cake diving. He doesn't get a lot of sugar and he doesn't paticulary like his high chair (to confining) so the combo was pretty funny to watch as he picked through his cake delicately. He's a cutie!

Ayden has brought so much joy to our lives. His laugh brings a smile to everyones faces everytime (I will post a video of that later, its to cute) and he is a pretty mellow kid. He falls down and gets back up without crying, he laughs at everything, he is a little 'mover and a shaker' (as Grandma Ellis says), he loves everyone and everything (including the animals, yeah!!), and we can't imagine life without him now! Happy birthday!


















Cake and sun... umm anyone have any shades?













Done with cake... next activity please!













Sharing the joys of cake filled hands with dad! Mom got cake handprints on her sweatshirt!













Life of the party, Ayden with all of his friend in his present circle.



















A fun toy from Great Aunt Pat and Great Uncle Laren













Enjoying the new 'goods' with Nate. Ayden's cousins gave him a webkins Nemo, I am sure in this day in age he will know how to use it by the time he is two :)












Grandpa and Grandma Hendricks (with D in the background scavanging)



















Grandma and Grandpa Ellis












Our little birthday boy!













Hanging out after the party. I wanted to get a shot of his skinny little body so as he starts growing more in the next year we can see how much he has changed.

3 comments:

Lisa R said...

Looks like it was a great time! Can't believe how much he has grown. Wish we could have been there to share in Ayden's special day. WOW that kid is going to be as popular as his mom and Grandpa too! Even IF both of you continue to moan that you "don't know anyone!"
Love ya and see you in less than a month! :)

Cindy said...

Happy Birthday Ayden. I can't believe it's been a year already since I was visiting you in the hospital. Now both Laura and I have babies of our own and at the time we were like no way are we having another baby anytime soon. Crazy how a year brings big change. The party looks like it was tons of fun. Looks like the whole family was there. I wish we lived a little closer so we could stay in touch with the whole family. Ayden is soooo cute and this next year will be a soo much fun. I really enjoy the year between 1 and 2 with my kids.

Kip Jensen said...

This is so cute! He looks like daddy!