Or bashes, I should say. Lucky for him, we were in Utah where most of his extended families live. Unlucky for him, because of "Prime's" surgery, none of his immediate family got to see him on his birthday. Lucky for him, we made up for it big time. The first party was with Rich's family: Grandma Coralie, Grandpa Bill, Kayla, Tony, Joe, Julia and his cousins Jeffery, Aspen, Gabe, and Miri.
Aunt Julia made him a tie-dye colored cake. He sauntered towards it, timidly at first. Next came the tiny probing fingers and finally, a face plant into the cake. Well done Jack Riley.
Party #2 took place last Sunday night at Grandma Kathi's house with Great Grandparents Karen, Evva Jean and Tom, Aunt Karen and Uncle Wayne and my cousins Jared, Ashley, Kyle, Celeste, Sharli and Mariah. What a party! Rocky was there for both, but the second one seemed louder to him with his new super hearing. Jack, now an experienced birthday boy knew how to perform. Stripped down to the diaper, he toddled his way to his giant portion of chocolate cake and ice cream, veering at the last second and reaching for Aunt Karen, who proudly exclaimed, "I'm better than cake!" No one disagreed. Jack was also quite taken with my mom and has been since we arrived. Jack relished in all the attention and gifts, but he threw us a skeptical look when we sang Happy Birthday. I guess it would seem odd witnessing it for the first time. It was as if he was wondering what all the fuss was about. So happy birthday Jack! One year and two parties. Yea for family! Congrats my tough and cuddly one! Say goodbye to the baby days and hello to independence, which Jack is already vigorously working towards.
3 comments:
So glad you were able to finally celebrate! Looks like fun. What a cute, one-year-old!
Happy birthday Jack! And Jodi, you're looking more and more like your mom every day :) When I first glanced at the top picture, I thought it was her!!!
I'm sorry we missed party # 2! We really wanted to come!
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