Party Hardy!!

I will preface this blog by saying that I have been trying since early this morning to upload a few videos. I was determined not to post until I had them.....well, I FINALLY got 2 to load so you can get a feel for what happened. I had one I REALLY wanted but of course that is the one that kept fighting me!! GRRRRRR.....

Sunday we celebrated Lukas's 1st birthday with family and friends. We made our way to V-burg with aunt Sarah and great g-ma. We arrived at the community building at Jesse and Amy's development, and the decorating began. First Lukas' wanted to let us know how old he is and why we were celebrating.

Yup!! he is one!

On Friday he got a couple of balloons from a couple of different places. He had barely put them down since then!! He walked around and around the room carrying them.

Here is a pic of his cake, the big one for the adults and the small ones for him and his younger guests.

While great g-ma was helping with the cake she tried to sneak a taste...naughty g-ma!!!

Before long the guests had arrived and the food was served.



As you can see Lukas had a LOT of help when it came time to open his gifts...can you see him?? The motto of the day was follow the red balloon if you want to know where Lukas is.

After the gifts the best part of the party was about to begin. The plastic was down the good clothes removed and the cousins all lined up, ready to help Lukas with the birthday cake. I just think this is the cutest picture!!!

Hey, this is REALLY GOOD!!!! He was really cute sporting his frosting goatee!!!

He was very generous and shared some of his cake with daddy. You will notice daddy stayed at arms length because someones hands were FULL of cake.

He showed off his best manners and used his spoon!

But at some point it was just taking way too long!!!!

Head first............YUM!!!!

As you can see he enjoyed this new way of eating the cake....Someone commented that he looked like Coronal Saunders from Kentucky Fried Chicken fame!! I think he just looks CUTE!!!

Mommy had to lend a hand to get the frosting out of his nose.....she said that there was still some red in his nose that night when he had another bath!!!

He really did some major damage to his cake!!! I was really surprised at how long he was content to sit and eat (play) with the cake.

And with that he was OVER IT!!!

He has a really smart mommy and she had a sink full of water and some soap at the ready for a quick cleanup....cousin Madison helped!!

Lukas received a very special picture from his cousin Madison...she had wrapped it herself way back around Christmas.One of the balloons that Lukas was so smitten with made a b-line for the fan and wound itself around the fan till it stopped!! Uncle john to the rescue...with a chair and a mop and all eyes on him he was able to unwind the string!! Way to go!! Crisis averted!!

The lesson here is if you make a mess you have to help clean it up!!!! Lukas was more than happy to lend a hand with all the work, although he was surprised at how much carpet there was to vacuum!!!!

We could not have had a nicer time. What a great way to celebrate this little guys 1st b-day. He was so much fun to watch as he wondered from table to table with his balloons in hand (at one point he had 3). When he finally got his cake it was the perfect response, and what fun to watch him enjoy it!! I can't believe how long he was willing to sport his birthday hat too. I think he had it on most of the afternoon, and it was adorable!!!

Thank you to everyone who came out to help in the celebration. Hope you all had a good time....because we sure did!!!