Party Time! Excellent!

Sunday we had Graeme's actual party. Graemeorama was his theme (carnival) of choice.

The carnival was complete with a photo booth (props below).

Graeme had a popcorn themed cake.

He did pretty well eating the cake on his own, and didn't have too messy of a face in the end.

Graeme helped open his gifts...

and then finished off the day by carrying his big #1 balloon around the rest of the afternoon.

More Birthday

To celebrate Graeme's actual birthday, we had a "quiet" night at home.

Graeme had a few gifts come from some friends in the mail so we sat down as a family to let Graeme open them. He was more interested in the gift receipt than the first gift, or at least at first.

Graeme got a card from Grandma and Grandpa Woode.

And a drum and rhythm sticks from Maddie.

He wasn't too interested in his present from Mom and Dad with his new toys to play with.

Graeme daintily unwrapped his present on his own.

Once he saw his puzzle, he was extremely excited.

He was, however, not too sure about his new coat.

Happy Birthday!!!!!!

Happy 1st birthday to our little guy! We can't believe how fast the last year has gone and how much you have already "grown up".

To start the celebration, Graeme took muffins to school to share with his friends.

We will do a little celebrating tonight, followed by his "official" party on Sunday.

My New Tricks

The reason we haven't posted lately is because there hasn't been a lot going on in our lives....or we are going to use that as an excuse regardless.

We just returned from a fantastic trip to California. Our original purpose for going to the sunshine state was to see the Gophers play at USC, but turned into a trip to see a the Padres play at Dodger Stadium in L.A., the 49ers play the Chargers in San Diego, and the Twins play at Anaheim stadium. All of the games/venues were great. I would say USC's game day experience rivals that of Madison. The Gophers put forth a good effort in the second half, but came up just short losing 19-17.

Anywho, on to what you probably really care about...Graemebo's new tricks...

"Walking"...

And planning sneak attacks on Sims...

Sims is so good with Graeme, Graeme really beats on Sims.


I think I will go grab a snack before bed. Should I have chips and cheese, or perhaps that little boy on the bottom shelf...

Thanks again to our parents for helping watch Graeme while we were gone and helping with our vacation so that we had a little time to relax!