Party Animals

Where to begin... Well, I'm sure every mom says this, but it's hard to believe that an entire year has passed in the life of our little man. Both yesterday and today I have been thinking back to what was going on this time last year. (And with the help of the blog, I have been able to recall exactly what was going on!). Actually, this time last year, we thought Christopher was going to be coming out any minute. In fact, he decided to delay his appearance in the world until 11:28 PM! Anyway, we celebrated in style today as the Woglom residence became....... "The Party Zone" for a couple fun hours. First, the preparations:
I didn't think we were going to have a theme, per se, for CJ's first big bash. When you walk into a party store, however, you are left with two choices--baby Sesame Street or baby All-Star. Being the sports-minded people we are, we went with the latter. Here is some of the fabulous decor...

In addition to the decorations, we set out a table that had pictures of Christopher, our written birth story, a calendar that has all of his "firsts" recorded in it, and the scrapbook in which we are placing everyone's writings about our little guy... And of course, the cakes!

Chris began his day by dressing up in his sporty new outfit from Aunt Jamie and going crazy with the pacifiers from Aunt Dabney and "Crazy Uncle Peter" (Dab's words, not mine!)...

Our guest arrived shortly after 11:30AM and the fun began! Our neighbors came over as well as Jaime and Olivia, Dan, Mary and Tristan, Sarah (our doula), Danna and Adam with Lahna and Liam, and of course, Grammy. The house was lively and Kasey was thrilled by the amount of pizza all the little children moved her way.


The real fun, of course, began when Mommy and Daddy announced that the "Cake Craziness" was about to begin. Everyone was excited to don their party hats for this part but no one could top the original party animal, Kasey Moe. Notice how she could barely contain her excitement...

I will give you a play by play for what happened next... After stripping him down to his diaper and singing "Happy Birthday" to our big boy, we removed the incendiary device (read: candle) and let him go to town. At first, he was a bit hesitant...

He soon realized that the big sugary substance in front of him was actually edible. Since no one was stopping him or feeding him little bits at a time, he decided to take full control and dig in. Kasey said, "Are you going to eat all that?"

Since Christopher had an audience for his cake eating, he realized it was time to bust out his "ham-iness" for both crowd and camera...

To remove all the remnants of the cake, we ran the bath and threw the little one year-old in. He emerged a clean machine and rejoined the festivities. The party then began to wind down as children, adults, and dogs needed naps...

After everyone left, the house looked like a hurricane hit it but that is usually the sign of a good party. The guest of honor seemed to enjoy himself and it was funny watching him run around with the bigger kids. It made me realize that he is officially not a baby anymore!