First Birthday!!!

Happy FIRST Birthday to our little man! The Dyl-Bug turned the big numero uno on the 16th of March! I still can't believe that he is one! It seems like just yesterday that I was carrying him inside of me, waiting to get to meet him, and now he has been part of our family for one whole trip around the sun!
We had a lot of fun on his birthday, he woke up to mom and dad singing "Happy Birthday" to him, and I think he was just more excited about the fact that dad was home and not at work that day. The morning was pretty mellow, we got up and got ready like normal before we had to go over to my mom's to get the party food cooking. We then went to the store to get some balloons for the party, (which we still have partially floating around our house because our child loves them.. He has actually tried to say 'balloon' several times. He gets the 'ba' part and the second part comes out more like a 'who' but it is still really cute!) We made a stop by my mom's classroom because they all wanted to wish him a happy birthday.
After the class we went home for a little bit and I got his cake put together, which will be featured in some photos later on, while the little one napped. We did take him to get his pictures done at Sears, which surprisingly turned out really cute! He got really upset that we wouldn't let him wander and cried through most of them, the only thing that made him happy was the BIG pink flower that he found and decided he needed to put on his head.
After the pictures we went straight over to the in-laws to get the party set up. They were nice enough to let us use their home since there was NO way we were going to be fitting all the people in our little apartment! The party was a HUGE success! Here are some pictures from the fun festivities!! Enjoy!
This is the banner that I spent about three weeks making.. Happy Birthday...

DYLAN!!! :-)

The awesome palm tree we made out of the pillars..

The party was a Monkey theme, since Dylan IS a little monkey half the time, plus, he picked out the theme!

The birthday boy himself! This photo is a bit misleading, he really did have a lot of fun! He walked all around socializing with everyone!

Aunt Sarah was equally as thrilled about the hat I made her wear.. :-)
He loves his grandma! He also loves balloons.... which I think is what he is preoccupied with in this picture..

THE CAKE!! Don't ask me how I came up with the idea, it just came to me one day after we decided to do the monkey theme.. This was one of my proudest moments! haha

Yet again distracted by those dang balloons! They were everywhere, which made him happy!

The in-laws! YAY!! Party blowers!
The SWEET photo thing I found at Zurchers for people to have a keepsake from the party! It was a hoot! Andrew makes a pretty awesome monkey too!

Of course mom had to do a monkey picture! haha
We did get him his very own cake to demolish, at first he wasn't quite sure what to do....

He would poke at it and then wipe it on himself.

Andrew tried to show him what to do with it......

... but it wasn't until my Uncle Kirk smashed his face into it that he realized that he could make a mess.

After that the cake was done for... Although most of it ended up on the floor. Very little of it actually made it into his mouth.
The party was amazing, and we are thankful for Dylan, and he has been such a blessing to our lives! This past year has been so amazing, and it has been so wonderful getting to watch him learn and grow. It is hard to believe that it has already been a year! He has learned so much and it is so hard to believe that within a year he has gone from a helpless newborn to a walking around, attitude giving, determined one year old! Mom and Dad love you Bubba!!