Mill Turns One!

I cannot believe that is has been an entire year since my sweet baby boy was born!!! This year has flown by and been full of many and wonderful memories.

Mills turned one on July 30th. We celebrated as a family of 4 that day for his big day. David and I started a tradition of filling our kids' rooms with balloons on the night before their birthday so they can wake up to the excitement of them, when Mary Kate turned one. We continued this with Mills and he loved it! He tried to grab them, only to have them slip away from him. He would laugh and keep trying until he caught one.





























We gave Mills an adjustable plastic basketball goal for his birthday. We set it up in the bonus room. That morning, after we had fun with the balloons, we let Mills walk into the bonus room to see his present. I think he liked it, but Mary Kate loved it and would hardly let him play. Mills' favorite part was when David would pick him up and let him dunk the ball. He grinned from ear to ear and would also laugh.

















Another tradition of our is a homemade breakfast. After playing with he basketball goal for a while, David made pancakes for all of us and Mills ate them up! Both of the kids were in good moods that day and we enjoyed playing outside. We had fun playing outside in the pool while David grilled out for dinner. After dinner, Mills ate a small chocolate cupcake with smurf blue icing. He LOVED it! We had a great day as a family celebrating this extra special birthday.

















Because my parents were going to be out of town on Mills' actual birthday, we waited a week to have his party. Since he has a summer birthday, we thought it would be fun to have a water theme. We had a Finding Nemo cake with blue and green decor. I made a slideshow of pictures and videos from Mills' first year. It was a lot of fun to make and a bit emotional for mento watch. It just seems like time is going by too fast and I am trying my best to soak up every second of it! We started the party with the viewing of the slideshow and then moved on to the cutting of the cake. Mills took a bit to get into the eating of the cake, but when he did he dug in and destroyed the smash cake that I made for him.




























































Along with our water theme was an inflatable pool and a slip n' slide. After we ate cake and opened presents, the kids took off for the water toys and they had a blast!!! Mills started off in he pool and spent the rest if he time doing a combination of sliding and busting it on the slip n' slide. All of he kids played on each of the water toys and seemed to have a great time.


















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