We love to party!

One party just wasn't enough. We had to have two!

Happy birthday baby Carter!

Carter was getting a little annoyed with all the chaos. He didn't understand why we were cooking and cleaning and decorating. After all, it was his birthday. 

Shouldn't he get all the attention?!?!

We had to be a bit creative with how we could hold him and still bake cakes and cookies.

 

 Mommy thought that each person should have their own little birthday cake. 

Cute, Cute, Cute!

 The cakes started to slide a little bit, so we had dessert first.

This is Carter's little birthday cake.

Next year Carter can have candles.

And, the cake smash begins!

Guess he had enough cake.

After a little cleaning up and a onesie change, 

Carter was ready to celebrate.

We love to party!

We decided to have Carter's favorite foods for dinner, but make them adult style:

Carter Loves = What We Ate

Chicken = Crispy Panko Chicken

Pasta = Sonia's Mac and Cheese

Bread =Lion House Rolls with Raspberry Butter

Tomatoes and Mozzarella  = Caprese Salad

Mangoes = Mango and Jicama Sticks

Cheese = Brie Bites

Fruit = Watermelon Alligators, Strawberry mice and Fruit Kabobs

Thanks to everyone who made and brought such yummy food.

Carter really liked the watermelon alligators

These are some of Carter's peeps!

Dee, Emily and Liesl

 Keri, Kallie and Cody

Kallie is one year and one day older than Carter. They are birthday buddies!

 Dee, Nita, Emily and Bob the dog who ran behind the tree

Xander, who is an expert architect with giant Jenga blocks

 Kallie, Celine, Julie and Xander were all so good to entertain the birthday boy

The backyard

Birthday Toast!

Presents! 

Cute little Kallie

 Liesl

 Ember and Mark

Brady, aka, Mr. Nikon

 Don and Leah, Fiona and Brady

Leah with little Mr. Sleepyhead 

 When Carter isn't with Leah.... Sorry Don, we'll work on this

Fiona

Carter loved all the attention

Balloon Boy!

 This is a little video of Carter's first year. We love this song, too!