Happy Birthday, Joseph!

Saturday was Joseph's first birthday. It was so much fun! It is hard to believe that he has only been with us for one year. It seems like forever ago that I was in the delivery room yet when I think about teaching school or living in California, those times don't seem so far back...it was just like yesterday sometimes.



For his birthday, we had both sides of the family over for presents and cake. I played a cheesy little game reminicent of a baby shower...shame on me! (But I thought it was fun and cute...hopefully everyone else did too.) I had a page of all of Joseph's first accomplishments like crawling, eating solids, smiling, laughing, etc., and everyone had to guess when they happened. William did really well (surprise, surprise!) and so did Molly. My dad got only one right...the exact time that Joseph first was born (seeing as he was the doctor that delivered him, that was a given I would think.)



Joseph got to open some presents, too. (Another birthday must) He got so many cute things from everyone. He got a lot of fun toys, books, some cute clothes, and even a diaper genie (from us...I must say that present took a long time coming and has become overly necessary as his diapers get stinkier and stinkier.)

He also got a front-facing car seat (again, an automatic first birthday gift, right?)


After presents, we broke out the birthday cake. He was really hesitant at first, sticking in just one finger and kind of poking at it. Really funny! As soon as he figured out that the whole thing was his for the taking, he dove right in and made a massive mess. I also put his video on here so you could see the whole thing.