Valentine's Day will forever be changed in our lives. A day that used to go by barely celebrated and recognized in our house is now a day we will NEVER forget. A day filled with joy and much celebration. The day Jonah Kelly Carson joined our family. He surprised us by coming a little earlier than expected, and has been surprising and delighting us ever since.
It didn't seem real as we woke up celebrating his first birthday. We started the day with heart shaped toast for breakfast.
I want to freeze time and keep this baby forever. He is just so precious.
We had some family and friends over to celebrate our little Love Bug with dinner and cake....just like we did for Eli and Jude's first birthdays. The day was filled with a lot of last minute baking and final touches. Everything turned out perfectly, and we had a wonderful time celebrating Jonah!
I will apologize up front for the amount of pictures of Jonah eating his cake, but it was too much fun and too much cuteness to not share. He started out in his birthday
I tried to teach him to blow out his candle like Eli did, but all he would do was grab at it like Jude did. He would smile and giggle at it, but he would not blow it out. Oh well. No biggie.
He started out slowly, sampling the whip cream icing. Yummo.
Daddy helped him out and handed him a chunk. Now that's more like it! The boy was all about Mommy's homemade angel food cake.
Oh my goodness he was so incredibly happy and kept picking at it with his left hand while keeping a death grip on that handful in his right hand. Things never got too crazy or messy, but he worked at it slowly and steadily.
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It was all fun and games until Mommy decided he had had enough and took it away. After some tears, and realizing that he still had some in his hand, he got over it, but you can see the tears still in his eyes here. Sweet boy.
We really enjoyed having our family and friends here to celebrate with us. The kids spent much of their time running and playing in the back yard. The big brothers loved having friends over to celebrate and play with.
Why is it always so hard to get a good family picture? Haha! It was the best we could do, and Eli had already changed out of his party clothes and into his ninja gear. Not many a day goes by when he doesn't put this on. Love all my boys!!
After most of the guests headed home, the birthday boy got to open his gifts. He loved the tissue paper the most and could have cared less about anything else. Eli was super sweet and read the cards to him. Moments like these can truly melt a momma's heart.
What a wonderful day. A special and memorable first birthday for our precious Love Bug! We have loved watching him grow each and every month. I put together this collage for the party and I keep finding myself staring at it.
Still in disbelief that a year has passed. Poof! So fast.
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