HAPPY BIRTHDAY IRA!!!!!

Today is Ira's birthday!

Party!

Ira's birthday isn't until September 26, but, since he's so advanced and did every thing else before every other baby, we figured, why not have his birthday party early, too? Well, that, and having the party labor day weekend made it easier for all of Ira's grandparents to come to town and celebrate with us. We were so happy that all of Ira's grandparents plus some aunts and uncles and cousins all got to come up. Ira was glad to see everyone again. Ira's Big G (my mom) even came to town a couple days early and hung out with us. Unfortunately, I have a hard enough time trying to remember to carry sippy cups and extra diapers and shoes and socks and wipes and snacks so I forgot to bring my camera and take pictures of all the fun we had. We picked Big G up from the airport and got to see so many people and cars; Ira was very excited. And we went to Centennial Park to watch the ducks and test Ira's walking skills on the playground. A goose even tried to eat Big G. Too bad I'm brain dead and didn't have a camera. Hopefully, Granny took some pictures and will send them to me.

The highlight of the weekend was, however, Ira's first birthday party. Despite being only eleven months old, Ira acted the part of a one year old perfectly. I think he was just happy to be surrounded by all of his friends and family. If you weren't there, I'm sure we would have missed you, if we weren't all concentrating on our awesome cupcakes.



The beautiful cake and cupcakes were made by Alexandra (http://bakemeovervegan.blogspot.com/) and decorated by Alexandra and Kirsten.



The birthday boy and his mommy (that's daddy in the background).



Ira didn't seem to mind wearing a silly hat. Silly hats were provided by a mysterious, anonymous source. Very eerie.



Ira admires his wagon full of presents. Although Ira's never exhibited a proprietary attitude towards anything in the past, he seemed to know that the wagon belonged to him and didn't like other kids touching it. Ahh, the joys of growing up.



He didn't completely mind sharing, though.



Opening presents.



Blowing out the candle.

In these next few pictures, you can see that Ira knew exactly what to do with that beautiful cake.









If you want to see more pictures from the party, those plus pictures from Ira's recent trips to the Adventure Science Center and the Greek Fest are all on Picasa. That's where I store our photo albums. There's always a link to Picasa on the right side of the page, or you can click here to go to our photos.