One!

Here are lots of pictures from Jackson's first birthday. He went through about 5 different outfits that day for some reason. It's hard to believe that he's already a year old - I don't know where the time went. We had a great day that began with some inside playing...


Phil and his dad worked on our backyard fence all day. It looks great!

We bought J a little pool a few weeks ago and decided to try it out today. Here is Nana Charlene with the first attempt....


...and Dad with the second attempt....


...as you can see, the pool was not a hit. I think the water was too cold. He's used to really warm bath water! Nana saved him, though, and even got him to pose for a picture (sort of) ...

He was much happier after drying off, coming back inside, and getting to play again.


We had lots of people here for dinner: Phil's dad and stepmom, my mom, my grandparents, my Uncle Dave, and my Uncle Rick and Aunt Janine and their kids Austin, Elysia, and Sami. They seemed to like hanging out with Jackson:


The cake was almost a disaster. I made it myself and took one layer out of the pan before it was cool enough. It pretty much fell apart, but my mom was able to save it with frosting. It ended up being okay. Thanks, Mom! :)

Jackson's first cake experience was pretty anticlimactic. He really didn't eat too much. He did do one funny thing, though. After taking a lick of icing he did a little "sugar shiver", as we called it. He only took a couple of licks, but did the shiver after each one. :) Also, he thought the polka dots were solid and was trying to pick them up. It was cute!




By the end of the cake experience J was pretty tired, so it was bedtime. He had to open presents the next day.