Gavin's 1st Birthday Party!

Last night was Gavin's 1st birthday party! We had a great time and a pretty good turn-out...33 people to be exact. We were expecting 40 but we had a few people cancel at the last minute.

It was a pretty laid back party and Gavin is very lucky to have so many friends and family members that care so much about him. He got LOTS of presents and I'm going to have to find room once again in the toy room! I'll have to get used to this January birthday stuff. After getting organized after Christmas I'll have to do it all over again a month later!

Gavin is not quite what I would call a "social butterfly" but he warms up to people after awhile. He seemed to enjoy his cake and freaked out a little bit, as predicted, when everyone was singing happy birthday to him. He's not fond of being the center of attention. It just reminds me of how different these two boys are!!!! And, can you believe it? Gavin doesn't like ice cream?!?! I know that's not something he inherited from me OR his father!

As usual I decided to make most of the food on my own and, once again..... question my initial thoughts once I'm in the middle of the preparations. But, after it's all done I realize how much I really enjoy doing things like that and I'll most likely continue to do so for the next 17 years....ATLEAST! We had sub-sandwiches, macaroni salad, fruit salad, chips, veggies, cole slaw, punch, cake and ice cream. And of course I didn't do it without help. Grandma Carol and Aunt Edith were a big help the day of the party helping me prep some food and decorate. (And making extra trips to Wal-Mart for bread since their "It will be done in 15 minutes" actually took about 2 hours!) FRUSTRATING!

Thanks again to everyone for coming to his party! We're already looking forward to Devin's party in April!

(Pictures and a video of Gavin eating his cake will follow. I'm having some issues getting them to upload this morning. I'll try again later today!)