Noah's First Birthday Party

Noah turns ONE tomorrow!!!!
What was originally intended as a smallish party for Noah with a few friends turned into just a family party after our guests cancelled. Bummer! But we decided to party anyway, just a little more laid-back. We had originally invited the Bennetts and the Bundys, but Noah's birthday fell on the same weekend as Pastor Mike's ordination, so with all the Bennetts' family in town plus the busyness and stress of that event, they weren't going to make it. So then it was going to be the Bundys and us, but this morning the Bundys called and said they couldn't make it due to having to go get their grandkids today. Thankfully Josh, Noah, and I were able to make it, Ha ha! :)

I made a Dump Truck birthday cake for Noah, hung up some balloons (which he LOVES by the way), and gave him a dump truck for his gift. We ended up spreading his celebration out over the whole day. At lunch we wore our party hats, and then for dinner we went out to Cracker Barrell, and then came home and gave Noah his gift. We actually didn't end up EATING the cake yet because we were all so full from dinner. We do plan to eat it tomorrow on his actual birthday, so hopefully then I'll have the "required" pictures of one-year-old Noah with cake. :) Here are the photos from today, since they do a better job "explaining" than I do. Pictures are worth a thousand words, you know!


Last night after finishing Noah's cake at 11:00pm, just before I crawled into bed!




Today at lunch with our party hats on!


Dump Truck!




He thought the dump truck was pretty cool. It makes rumbling noises when you push it, and has a lever that works to dump the load.

More tomorrow; stay tuned!

Comments

Ruth said…
Happy Birthday, Noah!!!!
Jo, I am VERY impressed by the cake. I don't think Nadia will EVER get such a creatively made cake at least not one made by her
mommy anyhow! Nice job!!!!
July 20, 2008 at 6:40 AM
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