Happy Birthday Logan!

Happy First Birthday, Logan!!  Look how much you have grown:

You have gone from this little baby:

7 Pounds 12 ounces and 20.5 inches long.

To this little man:

22 pounds 7 ounces and 27.5 inches tall.  What a big boy you are!

We had a really fun birthday for Logan on Saturday.  But first, here are a few more cute birthday pictures of the birthday boy:

Isn't he the cutest baby ever!  I cannot believe a year has gone by so quickly and Logan is growing up too fast.  My baby is not a baby any more..... *sniff sniff*

Well we started off the birthday by having the birthday boy open one present:

Yeah! New birthday clothes!  Logan wasn't too excited, he just wanted to get a bath and get dressed so he could be rocked to sleep for his morning nap.  After nap, it was party time!  We invited grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins to come celebrate with us. 

We all had fun outside in the nice St. George weather.  Here are the cute display tables.  For Logan's birthday, we did a "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" party based on the Eric Carle book, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?"  My kids love that book and can quote it word for word.  The decorations and food were really easy to make too.

The big brown teddy bear cake turned out really cute I think.  I actually bought this cake pan back when Emily turned one but decided not to use it for her birthday.  Now 5 years later the pan is finally getting used.  This was one of the easiest cakes to decorate.  I also made Logan his own little round cake to eat himself.  As you will see soon, he loved it.  I also made cupcakes and decorated them with the different colors of the animals in the "Brown Bear" book.  The made cupcake toppers of each of the animals to put on top.  Finally, for snacks, we had snacks of all of different colors also representing the animals in the book. 

I also made a couple of banners and table centerpieces for decorations outside:

First, the flag banner is of all of the animals in the book and the table centerpieces are also of the animals in the book.  The second banner is a "Watch Me Grow" banner.  In it are various pictures of Logan taken through out the year.  I can't believe how much he has grown and changed.  I am going to hang this in his room later which is why I used car cut outs instead of following the Brown Bear theme.  I love how all of the food and decorations turned out.

Anyway back to the party.  Once everyone had arrived, we played a few games about the Brown Bear book.  We had to name all of the colors of the animals, did dot-to-dot puzzles, and mazes.  All of the adults who had never read or heard of the book, were so confused.  They kept asking, "Why it is a blue horse?" or "Since when is there a purple cat?"  It was so funny so we had Emily read the book to everyone and then they understood.

After the games, it was present time!

Logan got so many fun toys to play with.  He was so excited to open his presents.  His brother and sister were excited for him too.  They kept wanting to help Logan open his gifts.  Sometimes it was okay but other times it would make Logan mad.  Toward the end, Logan started getting really frustrated.  No sooner would he get one present open, his brother or sister would snatch it out of his hands and put another unopened present in its place.  Logan would never even get to look at the present long enough to play with it before it would get taken away.  Finally Logan was fed up and would just drop the present on the ground without opening it.  After that, we let Emily and Colby open the last couple presents.  

These two pictures are things that I made Logan for his birthday.  First I decorated wooden letters for his name to hang in his room.  Second, I sewed up these four little fabric books for him to read.  The kids have had fun reading these little books.  I also made Logan a hooded towel for bath time, so now he has his own towel.

Look at all those gifts!  He sure got a lot.

Next it was time for cake!

Logan loved the fact that he got his own cake and didn't have to share.  He sat and ate it quietly for the rest of the party.  At first, he just used one finger to lick off the frosting and pick at the cake but then he dug in with his whole hand.

As you can see he had a good time eating his cake and he devoured the whole thing!!  Grandpa Farnsworth had fun painting Logan's face with the chocolate frosting.  Logan loved every minute of it.  We dished up the Bear cake and the cupcakes along with ice cream to all of the guests.  We spent the rest of the time visiting with family and watching Logan eat his cake.  It was just a nice relaxed birthday party perfect for a one year old.  

After everyone had gone home, we got everything cleaned up.  We threw Logan in the bathtub because he was covered from head to toe in cake and frosting.  Emily, Colby and Logan spent the rest of the day playing with all of Logan's new toys.  The toys are still all over the house.  But then what else is new, we always have toys all over the house!

Logan is such a cute little boy and smiles at everything.  He has the cutest smile too.  If I am upset or stressed, it all melts away when Logan smiles at me.  He is definitely going to be a ladies man.  Logan is still not walking yet but he cruises around the furniture and walls like nobodies business.  In fact I think that is his preferred mode of travel but he will not walk on his own.  I think he is afraid of falling so he will not let go of anything.  He is getting closer though.  He is still a mama's boy and will only let me hold him.  He refuses to go to a babysitter and clings to me when I pick him up after leaving him with one.  He is a little stinker!  I love this little boy and don't know what I would do without him.  I love all three of these yahoos.  They are my reason for getting up in the morning and living life.  If only I was a better mom to them some days...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LOGAN!!!!!!