David's First Birthday

Last night we celebrated David's first birthday!! This year has been a wild, amazing, blessed ride. 

And boy, it has flown by!

We just had a small family party since this blessed little boy had an adoption shower and party already this summer. 

We went with a Sesame Street theme and lucky me, my sweet friend Rachel had the same theme a few months ago for her son and kindly shared her decorations. 

David's smash cake...

 First birthday cake...

the plate we made at Brush With Art 

 The birthday boy....

 GG made his shirt...

 He actually got into the present opening.

 A card, money and a crown from Meme and Pop

 Money from GG and Papa

 lullaby Elmo from Nonna

 Toys and More toys...

 Testing out and playing with his new toys

 Then came time for cake. He did not need any help diving into his smash cake. It was hard for me to keep him out of it when the candle was lit.

 First hands in....

 getting more adventurous....

 He loved sharing with James and I, he thought it was so funny. The look on his face was priceless!

 Sweet baby really digging into his cake. ...I believe he would have kept eating it if we hadn't stopped him and headed to the bath.

 His PawPaw Roland and Grandma Dawn came by and loved on him and dropped off their gifts early since they were going to be out of town.

 This morning he did some shopping with his birthday money!

We had such a fun evening. James grilled a wonderful dinner and we enjoyed celebrating David.
We are so thankful God chose us to be his parents!

David in Pictures (6-12 months)

In continuing our celebration of David's first birthday this week, here are just some of our favorite pictures from the last six months. 

He took his first trip to Harlingen on Spring Break and met his great grandmother for the first time.

 He celebrated his first St. Patrick's day...

 He went to the Alamo...

 He celebrated his first Easter.....

 He really started playing with toys....

We love this picture of him, somehow I managed to get him giving me a thumbs up!

 He became mobile and adventurous...

 He became a fan for the first time....

 He is just so cute when I look back at these pictures..

 He went to his first Luau and wore an outfit that James' aunt Gail bought James Henry back from Hawaii...

 He played outside during his first summer..

 He went to Splash water park...

 He went to Wonderland Amusement Park for the first time...

 He went to a petting zoo...

 and to the Amarillo Zoo...

 He played and played...

 He visited the discovery center....

 His daddy learned that when he was really fussy at night, a ride on the John Deere fixed everything....

 He made more mischief...

 He loves to cuddle...

 He got a big boy car seat!

 He discovered his alter ego....

 David's first haircut....

And finally he had his 1st birthday pictures made...

This year has flown by! It has been such a blessing to watch this sweet boy grow and to watch God move mountains in his life.