Neacel's First Birthday!

Happy First Birthday Neacel!

I know his birthday was over a week ago but this is the first chance I've gotten to go thru pictures, edit them, and get them on here!

*Warning, this post is going to be long due to a lot of pictures!*

For Neacel's birthday we kind of had a monkey theme ("Little Monkey" is one of the names I call him); plus, if you know him you know he is full of energy and into everything. The cakes were made by my friend Michelle and I love the way they turned out! If you need a cake made seriously look her up! (http://www.cornellcakes.com/) It was chocolate cake and blue icing. Mmmmm so yummy! I made the cupcakes because I was afraid that I invited too many people and wouldn't have enough cake. We ended up having more than enough! But the cupcakes were a BIG hit with kids.

Neacel got tons of new toys: A Leap Frog play table that sings 123's & ABC's and everything in between, blocks, a classic Fisher Price telephone, a puppy hat and gloves, a Mickey Mouse plane (one of those sit and stand toys), a helicopter that counts and has random things on it, a tool set, a car, some farm soft blocks, books, flash cards, clothes and tons more! He loves everything he got. Every morning he can't decide what to play with first! Also, those of you who got us loud toys, thank you, those seem to be the favorite toy, first thing in the morning! Just wait till your kids turn 1; we are already on the hunt for loud toys for you! Haha!





Neacel loved having his own cake. He was only able to eat half of it. It went something like this: shovel it in as fast as he can, slowing down, bottle, shovel, slowing down, slower, slower, bottle, a few more bites... ugh can't handle anymore sugar. He was even grabbing the fondant and eating that. He didn't care, he was thrilled that he had his own cake and we weren't telling him "No."

Thank you for everyone who came to celebrate with us. It means so much to us and Neacel. He had a great time with all of his cousins and friends. I can't wait for Christmas with him this year! He kind of understands the whole unwrapping presents thing, but at the same time he just loves the paper!

Also, I took Neacel to the doctor on his birthday. I know that was mean but it worked just fine; he doesn't get cranky or anything from shots so I wasn't worried. He weighs 22.14 lbs, I think he was 29 inches but I'm not 100% sure and I can't find the paper. I just remember he is no longer short, and chunky with a big head. He is now medium in height and weight, with a big head! He needs to get off the bottle, especially at bed time, so we are working on that. She was impressed with him walking and his balancing skills already. Then came the shots. I had to hold him on my lap and hold his arms; I hate doing that. I thought I had him well enough but apparently I didn't because the first shot he grab and ripped it out of his leg giving him a good size scratch from the needle. I felt so bad, so the nurse helped and we got the other 2 done quickly. He was having a fit, but we gave him his much loved bottle and he was fine. He slept for a while and then it was PARTY TIME! I'm so proud of him and yet I'm sad at how fast he is growing up.

Now for some pictures!

I tried putting them in some sort of order.























He was completely done at this point, with everything! People (including mom and dad), food, other kids, and toys. He was on such a sugar high, yet so tired that he had a hard time getting to bed that night. We finally had to just let him scream and cry himself to sleep.

Hope you had a wonderful birthday Neacel! Mommy and Daddy love you so much <3