Happy Birthday Mason!

Mason turned 1! I can't believe a whole year has gone by since our little boy was born. Every new milestone has been so much fun to watch. From his first smile to rolling over, crawling to walking, and baby babble to words. I'm so grateful for my precious, happy, and healthy little boy.

We had his party last Saturday. There was a pretty good turnout with about 30 people. A lot of our friends still don't have kids (ya'll might want to get on that, Mason needs some guy buddies to play with) so there were more adult's than children, but he had a great time anyway. There was a good mix of people from church and Bowens work. He grilled up some fierce burgers and hotdogs for everyone and they were deeeelicious! mmmmm.... After everyone had pretty much eaten, it was cake time. We all sang Happy Birthday while I brought out the cake with one candle to Mason. He was grinning from ear to ear because he knew that this was all about him. We set him down with the cake in front of him and instead of digging in like most kids would, he poked it, licked the frosting off his finger, poked it again, lick, poke, lick...you get the picture.

Well, Bowen got a little impatient with that so he grabbed Masons hands and stuck them in the cake. He started BAWLING! He was so upset that his dad did that to his cake. So I cleaned off his hands and handed him a fork. After he got that he was just fine and finished eating as much cake as he wanted. Soon after, it was present time! He loves all the presents he got. One in particular was a 4 foot stuffed teddy bear. Where the heck are we going to put that? Oh, but Mason loves it and loves to jump on it and kiss it's nose.

We spent the rest of the afternoon just hanging out, playing washers, football, and volleyball. We all had a great time and I think Mase really enjoyed his first birthday.

Mason got this huge card that played the chicken dance song. Every time he would open it he would start dancing. It was pretty funny!