It's My Party and I Won't Eat Cupcakes if I Don't Want to!

Well, I'm sooooooo way over due for Rowan's first birthday post (sheesh, he turned 13 months on November 12). Our little baby turned 1 on October 12. I can't believe that he's now our little toddler! Seems like yesterday that we were bringing him home from the hospital.

But although I can get misty remembering our tiny baby, I'm truly loving our 1-year-old. He's got such a funny little personality, and it's nice that he's pretty predictable now (watching Heidi and Corey deal with unexpected fussy times and super pukes reminds me how far we've come).


We celebrated Rowan's birthday with his aunts and uncles, grandparents and great grandparents. The theme? Ducks of course! Needless to say, we heard a lot of "quack quacks" that day.

Rowan got lots of great loot, and some fun keepsakes for his time capsule (he'll open it when he turns 18).

We tried giving him his first taste of sugar, but he didn't eat much -- if any -- of his cupcake.

Hmmmmm...maybe he felt a little too much pressure. Ya think?!?!

So, he fed Grandma Connie instead. We've since discovered that Rowan's more of a chocolate lover. He's only had it a few times (in mama's homemade flourless chocolate torte), but it got a resounding mmmmmmmm.

Cousin Maddox was still in Auntie Heidi's belly when we celebrated Rowan's birthday. Rowan had a fun time pulling up her shirt and poking her belly button. I'm not sure, but I don't think Heidi would appreciate that now.

Overall, it was a fun time! Good food, fun presents and an awesome family! I wonder if this next year will go by so fast!