Saturday, December 13, 2008

The Winter ONEderland!!!!!

Where does time go? He was in my belly two weeks ago right? He can't be turning ONE?! I just can't believe how time flies, but I am so thankful we have had this year with him. What an amazing child. He is fun, challenging, amazing and perfect all wrapped up in that little body. What a treat it has been to watch him grow. We just had his first birthday party, and he had a blast! I went with the winter onederland theme, and decorated with white, silver and blue. Here are some of the pictures from the party. Thank you Beasch, Gran, Mammaw, Pappaw, Aunt Boo, Uncle Beeper, Aunt Sissy, and Carson for sharing this precious day with Jackson.

This was the sign that I made for his sweet birthday!

We decorated with white, silver and blue (don't know why the picture looks purple) and white lights and streamers!

We did cupcakes with sprinkles.

I made mugs for party favors for the fam.

His birthday sign

After the gift opening we had to play with them all. He loved his wagon!

Playing with his fun "popper" toy with his Gran and Carson

Here he is showing off his walking abilities for the family. What is so funny is that he had been walking some up until this party, but at the party he almost refused to crawl anywhere. He walked everywhere! And now, we are officially walking ALL over the place! I guess he needed his birthday and family to get him jump started.

His Beasch is giving the "smash cake" pep talk

He just went for it. He two fisted the thing and smashed it in his little fingers.

He shoved the whole thing in his mouth




He still wanted more and took some from his daddy!


What an amazing journey this first year has been. There have been so many moments to reflect on and to be thankful for. We have loved this experience and are so ready for the new adventures waiting for us.
It is officially the 16th so I have to give a shout out, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOYS!"
We have the big ONE and the big Twenty Nine! What a great day it is!

6 comments:

Phillip A. said...

You are so blessed! He will only get cuter as he heads towards the big 2!

rick and sharyn mc said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jackson & Joey! What a fun day to celebrate together! I'm glad that you all had fun at your party!!!
Love,
Rick, Sharyn & Connor

The Krazy Kraus' said...

Jackson's 1st birthday was absolutely perfect! Great Job Mama... you are SO creative! It still seems like it was yesterday that you and I were sitting on my deck taking about babies... IN THE FAR FUTURE!!! ha! Little Did we know! :) What an AWESOME YEAR it has been! Happy Birthday Kraus BOYS!!!
Love ya'll!

Stephanie said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKSON!!!! I can't believe that little guy is 1 today! We are looking forward to seeing him walk all over the place! This will be such a fun Christmas! By the way, you are so creative. The party was beautiful. :)

Unknown said...

I am so upset we couldn't be there, but it looks like y'all had so much fun! What a precious blessing you have with the sweet little (and intense) boy! Man, he went to town on that cupcake!

Jess and Johnny

kveton said...

wow, Jackson has grown so fast since I saw him...can't believe he is walking! great to see the photos and I loved the family photos on the previous link. merry christmas, happy birthdays and happy new year! Glaedelig jul og god nytar og tilykke (same thing but in danish) :D love ya!