1.13.2013

ONE-derful James!!!

Happy birthday, James!!!  We love you more than we could ever imagine and are so grateful to have you in our family!!  You make us smile every day with your sweet nature!  You are so loving and fun to be around.  You light up when you see Ali walk in the room.  You dance your heart out whenever you hear music.  You love to be in on the action but you don't mind wandering into a room by yourself to explore.  We have enjoyed each day of the past year and look forward to many more.  Here is a look back at how you've grown this year.
January- Birth
February- 1 Month
March- 2 Months
April- 3 Months
May- 4 Months
June- 5 Months
July- 6 Months
August- 7 Months
September- 8 Months
October- 9 Months
November- 10 Months
December- 11 Months
January- 1 Year Old
We had a little birthday party for James the evening before his birthday.  It was so much fun planning the details of the party and then celebrating with family and friends!  James didn't know it was his birthday party but he sure had a good time.  

Ali with her buddies.


Glad this cute cowgirl was there!  
 I love my little family and loved being able to celebrate James' 1st birthday with them!



After we sang happy birthday, he didn't dive into the cake like we thought he would.  We think it's probably because everyone was staring at him.  But he did enjoy making his horse walk through the cake.  

 Ali went ahead and helped him lick the frosting.
 Sweet Jamie took these photos of James and we love her for doing it for us!!  It's so special to capture this moment in James' life!  I cherish each photo we have of our sweet babies.


 Today is his actual birthday so we sang to him again and gave him a cupcake with a candle.
This time he poked at the cupcake a little...
 after licking his finger and seeing that it was tasty he picked up the cupcake and began to eat it.  And then he ate the whole thing!  
After cake we went into the living room to open presents.  Here is Ali getting down to talk to James.  I LOVE it when she does this.  She gets close to his face and talks in the sweetest voice.  Here I think she said, "Jamesy, do you want to open presents?"  I could just die!!  

 Happy trails on your next year of life James!