Look Who's One!

Here is my Big Boy...Baby J!!!

We all know it is coming. Every parent knows that their babies will grow up, and with both excitement and trepidation we look forward to that happening. Excitement, because God has given us such a wonderful gift, a huge responsibility, and a glorious opportunity. We get the privelage of training one of God's creations to love and serve Him. We also get the privelage of loving that little person and seeing how God uses them to grow us. Trepidation, because we know that our time with them is short, and they become so much a part of our lives that we almost hate to see them grow.

One year ago, the Lord blessed Rock and I with the birth of our fourth child, and oh how much we love him. We can't imagine what our lives would be like without him. Thank you Lord for the blessing of our Baby Boy.

We celebrated Baby J's birthday in Oklahoma with my parents. And what a Birthday celebration it was...my Brother, the Bohemian, who Baby J is named after, and my Sister-in-Law, Busy Bee, and their two boys, Mr. Golden Curls and Lil' Spitfire, were there as well. Baby J got a double whammy of grandparents when Rock's Mother, Nan, came down for the celebration.

Here is a picture of Baby J's Birthday cake. We had us a zoo theme.

He was excited about the cake and candle, until...

We took him out of his chair to remove his outfit in an attempt to save his clothes and then put him back into his chair. Then he wasn't so happy.

Daddy soothed the savage beast by giving him a tast of the icing

He gave it a try himself and then...

I think he liked it, don't you?

Presents? Well, he got lots of neat stuff, but wasn't really sure what to do about unwrapping them. I would show him how to unwrap by tearing a little here and there, but he was perfectly happy to play with the little piece of paper he tore off. He did, however, know how to unload the gift bags.

Here he is with his Grandma Bear. My Mom always takes the kids to Build a Bear for their first birthday. She lets them choose the one they want, and that is the one they get. Baby J really likes his Grandma Bear.

All in all, I'd say it was a really good day.

Happy Birthday Baby Boy!