ONE

Alex turned one on Friday! We had a low key day planned: lunch with daddy at the galleria, a visit to Build-A-Bear, and a fancy dinner of pizza and cupcakes with the grandparents was all on the agenda.
Will was so excited to go in and sing "Happy Birthday" to Alex as soon as he woke up! He of course woke with a huge grin on his face. Happy boy!!

Before Alex got up, Will and I made him some blueberry birthday muffins! We had already sung to him three times by 7:06 a.m. and he looked a little confused to have fire coming out of his breakfast :)

After his nap, we headed to meet daddy at the galleria for some Chick-fil-A (he didn't touch any of it....not even the fries!!) and some carousel riding. He loved the carousel! I am pretty sure this was his first ride!

Gotta love this picture...John doing anything trying to get Alex to laugh, me trying to snap all the pictures and remain standing and not vomiting while the carousel is going round and round, and Alex just looking at us both like we are nuts :)

Look at those sweet legs!

After riding the carousel, we treated him to picking out his very own stuffed animal at Build-A-Bear. Will was a huge help and decided on a shaggy pup for Alex. We took Will to the Galleria for birthday lunch on his first birthday and ended up making a Build-A-Bear for him so we thought it only right to carry on the tradition with Alex.

I ran around like a crazy person trying to get last minute things done for a little par-tay that was taking place the following day while the boys napped. Grandparents and Fafie headed over to our house about 6:00 for pizza and some cake! Alex was as sweet as can be, but his cake performance sure didn't live up to his brothers. As you can see here, Will LOVED his cake.....he entertained all of us as he dug in and clapped for himself. Alex wanted NOTHING to do with it! We tried using our fingers, using his fingers, getting a spoon.....he wasn't having it!

 Finally, he sent the message loud and clear that he was DONE!

While he wasn't a big fan of the cake, he WAS a big fan of opening presents and playing with new toys! We gave him a Pottery Barn chair to match Will's, and he got a water table, a ball poppin' car, a walker/wagon, and some clothes from all his grandparents and Fafie.

Big brother liked having new toys in the house to play with too....

Alex did laps around our den with his new toys for about an hour. He was sweaty and breathing hard when we decided to call it a night :)