Happy Birthday little man. I cannot believe you are already ONE. Where has the time gone? If I close my eyes I can still remember you exactly as you were one year ago-so tiny, so snugly and so precious. I know I need to retire calling you "baby Luke" since you are a toddler now (in fact, a running, climbing toddler that gets into cabinets, the freezer and whatever else you can find) but you're still mommy's little man. It melts my heart that you love giving me hugs and almost always want to snuggle.
Happy birthday little dude-I love you to pieces!
xoxo-
Mommy
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Okay-sorry about the semi-sappy note above. I love my kids, what can I say? Luke's 1st Birthday/Halloween Bash was this past weekend and we had such a fabulous time. The birthday boy was a pirate, Julia was Cinderalla while J.D. and I were Caesar and Cleopatra. All of the kids came in costume and almost all of the parents too. The kids decorated pumpkins and did some crafts, plus we had some yummy treats and cupcakes. In case you are wondering-Luke ate the entire cupcake. He loved it!
J.D. and I were a little concerned about Luke the day of the party because he didn't nap that day. The airshow was over the weekend and we live very close to the air-force base. It's nice living close because we can watch the entire show from our backyard, but not conducive for naptime. So...Luke was very tired for the party was managed to stay awake. Julia had a blast and was playing so much it was tough to get pictures of her in costume. Overall-great birthday and fabulous party! (and just to clarify the wig situation..the thing did not fit me correctly! It kept popping up, I'm not sure if it was the shape of my head, the headpiece thing or a combination, but I tried to fix it repeatedly to no avail)
The Cinderella's: Julia and Hannah
Race Car Drivers: Nic and Tammy
The Zookeepers: Phil, Heather and baby Anna
The Queen and Angel: Caroline and Sarah
Tired Little Pirate
Batman! Baby Henry traveled all the way to Houston from Bangladesh and celebrated with us! Special thanks for Phyllis and Bob (Henry's grandparents who live in Sugarland, another suburb of Houston) who brought him.
Craft Time: Emma, Sarah, Julia and Hannah (they went through 300 stickers in about 10min flat)
Luke LOVED his first cupcake!
Presents!
The Girls
They quickly went from 'observing' to 'helping' Luke open presents
Of course, after opening all the presents he wanted to play in a box
Mommy-it's been a long day. Can we please go to sleep now?
Special thanks to everyone who made Luke's day extra special. We love you guys!
