First Birthday!!!!!

Today is our big boy's 1st birthday! I know everyone says this, but I can't even believe that it has been a whole year since his birth. Where did the time go?!? Our big boy is having quite the birthday bash! Actually, his birthday is "extended" and being celebrated for three days. Since Grandma and Grandpa King had to leave early this morning, we had a small celebration yesterday. Grandma and I decorated the dining room (Veggie Tales theme, of course) and finished preparations for his first taste of carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. We opened a present, ate lunch, opened a couple more presents, and "tasted" some carrot cake and frosting. I say "tasted" because he barely tasted his cupcake. He touched the frosting and then disgustingly looked at his hand, looked at us, and consciously worked to not look at the cupcake again. The only taste he had was from Grandpa and Mommy sneaking a piece of cake and a dab of frosting into his mouth (unsuccessful). Grandma, Grandpa, Daddy, and I had never seen anything like it before. We were all prepared to see him mash it up and wipe it all over his face, in his hair, and on his shirt. Oh well. We'll try again at his party on Saturday (third birthday celebration). Maybe he just needs to warm up to the idea. Although he did not eat or mash up his cupcake, our big boy still took his birthday bath because he managed to get a little icing in his hair (and because he loves his baths soooooo much!). That's about it for yesterday's celebration. Today, he opened a couple of cards and another present from us. Daddy and I took him to ABC Read (it was very special to have a social event on his birthday) and he took the first ride in his forward facing car seat. We are planning to celebrate more later today by going to Dairy Queen to try some ice cream. We'll see how that goes! Here are some pictures from the first two celebrations. We'll make sure to take more pictures on Saturday....check back!