Kyle's 1st Birthday Party!

Kyle thoroughly enjoyed his first birthday party! Ironically enough, his least favorite part was the birthday cake. He did NOT like having frosting all over his hands (as is evident in the photos!). And he didn't particularly like the cake itself...too sweet maybe? The smiling cake pictures are a little misleading...the smiles were the result of me playing peek-a-boo with him (not from eating the cake).

Kyle was not the only one who had cake issues yesterday. I had ordered a Winnie the Pooh cake (that was actually shaped like Pooh) earlier in the week from a local bakery that my co-worker highly recommended. So I was really excited about it until the bakery called at 8:30am yesterday morning to tell me that their oven was broken. She said she tried baking it three different "ways" (whatever that means), but it kept burning. Not wanting to chance it by waiting for her repair guy to show up, we just got a boring cake from Big Y (although I'm glad they came through for us, because they said they usually require 24 hr notice). So the cake wasn't anyone's favorite part of the day!

But aside from the cake, Kyle had fun amidst all the activity and got lots of new toys to play with. The "family only" size party was perfect for this stage...Kyle wasn't at all overwhelmed and just went about his business, with brief pauses here and there to interact with his guests :)

And Kyle had his 1 year check-up on Thursday and, as usual, checked out great! He's 24 lbs 6 oz (75th percentile) and 31.25" (90th percentile...do you think he'll be tall??). And I'm pleased to report that he is now sitting down by himself more often than not, including once in the crib!