Ivan Boy is One Today

Linc and Ivan looking down on campus from the top of the JFSB

Today my baby turned one year old. Don't worry, he still gets to be my baby for a few more months. :) First birthdays are always hard, because they are more for the parents than the kid. But we did try to make it a day that Ivan would enjoy. Of course, that meant we had to go to campus to eat lunch with Aaron. I don't know if there's anything in this world that kid loves more than his daddy.

We went to Macey's first, to get Lunchables for the kids, and some cookies for a snack afterwords. I just made Aaron and I PB&J's and called it good for us, but I wanted the kids to have something a little bit more fun. While we were at Macey's the kids got balloons, and I thought they'd have fun with them on campus. Plus, if Lincoln runs off, he's way easier to spot with a balloon flying over his head than without. You see there's a method in my madness. ;)

It was a nice day, so we decided to go to the 4th floor of the Joseph Fielding Smith Building and eat lunch on the balcony out there. It has a glass wall all the way around it, so the kids could look down at all the people walking by. They thought that was great fun. We had a hard time convincing them to come eat.

I guess Ivan wanted a nap for his birthday, because he took a three hour one when we got home. Happy Ivan's b-day to me, right? :) I got the house cleaned up and made the cake, and tried to get everything ready for our guests to come. Ryan and Melissa, and Kelly came to have cake and ice cream with us in the evening.

We opened presents first. Ivan got the board book Courderoy, which I've heard really good things about. I accidentally ordered the lap version though, so the book is huge, but it's ok. He also got some new unchewable balls to play with (he's chewed up every nerf ball we own), some little cars, and some new sippy cups. Say goodbye bottles, because tomorrow I'm putting them away.

Then we had cake and ice cream. Here is Ivan's cake. It's a duck with three little ducklings swimming in the pond. I chose the duck because Ivan can say "duck" and "quack, quack, quack" I was just going to do the big duck, but the pattern for the big duck only calls for one 9 inch round cake, and typically there's enough batter to do two, so I turned the other round cake into a pond and added a few of our bath ducks (don't worry we washed them really well before sticking them on the cake). 

This was Ivan's expression when I brought out the cake with the candle lit:

And, as much as I'd like to tell you that Ivan got to blow out his own birthday candle, I'm afraid that Lincoln got to it first, despite our best efforts.

Uncle Ryan and Uncle Kelly took some great shots of the cake-eating on Ryan's super nice camera.

For the longest time Ivan wouldn't touch the ice cream. Then he started poking it with his finger and pulling back quickly, probably because it was cold. Then, he picked the whole scoop up, held it in the air for awhile, and threw it on the floor. Guess he's not a fan. :) But he loved the cake.

Ivan was actually a pretty clean eater. Especially compared to Lincoln on his first b-day. Ivan only really got it on his face, nothing on his arms, chest, or hair.

This is probably my favorite shot of the day, he's trying to figure out what in the world Ryan and Kelly are doing with that lense right in his face.

Then it was baths and off to bed. Happy birthday Ivan, your mommy loves you and is so glad you are part of our family.