Birthday Parties!

We were able to celebrate Jacob's birthday twice before his real birthday on the 18th. Luke's parents were able to come out for a weekend two weeks before Jacob's birthday and so we were able to do a mini-party for Jacob while they were there. They were nice to get him some little toys, some church clothes, and his favorite- a truck he can ride and push!

Grandma Brenda showing Jacob his new racecars

first time riding his truck! he was so excited!

And so this was the first time Jacob was able to try out cake! He kind of just looked at it for a bit, then looked at all of us staring at him, and then this is him smashing it quickly to his face! Good job Jacob!

he ate the whole thing! he'll probably end up with a sweet tooth like me :)

One week later my friends and I held a birthday party for all our babies since they were all turning 1 just weeks apart from each other.
Here's all the babies! They're actually sitting from youngest to oldest- Jacob(3/18), Jane(3/13), Brielle(3/13), Scarlett(3/6), and Avery(2/20). So yes Jacob's the only boy in the bunch- but check out that move he's making on Jane! ;)

We all have been getting together weekly for playgroups but we've never been able to get all 5 of us together until this party! It's so much fun watching them all play together, especially since they're all so close in age. But even still they're all a lot different and at different stages, but I'm so glad Jacob has friends he can play with even at a young age- and then I get to spend time with all the other moms too! Anyway, back to our party...

here's the kids playing together before we got started


We did a gift exhange and Jacob got the "boy gift"- a little truck that makes noise and talks! It goes great with the little truck that he rides at home!

Jacob with his birthday hat that I made for him- haha :)


all 5 kiddos waiting for their cake! Jacob was getting especially tired by this point...

all he needed was a little cupcake to make him happy- yum!
(And I love how he tries to shove the whole thing in his mouth!)

hardly left a single crumb!

Here's all of us moms with our 1 year old babies! We had a great time!