Waiting...

....for my guests to arrive.

I can't wait to have this party... and it's all for me??? I think it is because I'm turning 1....

OH... THE CAKE!

And then there is the "cake" entertainment during the 1st birthday.... the cute little "1" birthday cake before Gavin dived into it.











From the start, he loved picking off each of the icing dots off of the cake.











Then he realized that I can get more on my hands - and there was cake under all that icing.












TOUCHDOWN - this is awesome!













Can we do this every day Mommy?











I think he could have stayed there eating all night - but we had to call it a night... good job eating that cake Gavin! Happy 1st Birthday baby...

The BIG 1st Birthday PARTY

What a special night it was - Gavin's 1st birthday party. We are so blessed that our family & friends could be here to celebrate a major milestone in Gavin's life.... turning 1 (officially tomorrow). Thanks to everyone for sharing such a fun night with us - and Gavin was quite the little "party" man - hanging out with everybody, to eating lots of cake (ice cream too) and then opening presents. And all of this without an afternoon nap (of course....). He crashed at about 9 p.m..... and was down for the count... thanks for such a memorable night... and for being such a fun little boy to party with!

** More photos & video from the party later this week.

One more time....

Earlier this week, we had dinner with Maggie & Mark - so we had to put on the skunk costume one more time (as we had not gone trick-or-treating at their house yet).... the costume may be officially retiring at this point - but who knows, maybe one more time for a good laugh.

More Costume photos

Our friends, The Mercurio's had a Halloween Party in October and we had another opportunity to get the skunk costume out -

Gavin's friend, Gabby joined in on the fun too - and she loved chewing on her tail!

Upside-down skunk

Gabby - your costume is so soft.... and I just want to kiss you!

Go Cats!

This past weekend, we put on Gavin's new Northwestern sweatshirt during the NU and Ohio State game. The Cats didn't come out with a win - but Gavin sure was rooting them on with Daddy!

Trick-or-Treating

We ended up being in Michigan for Halloween this year - which was a real treat for all of us, especially Gavin.

Gavin and his cousin, Ty who was dressed up as a Race Car Driver from Cars.

Hey Ty - did you know I'm turning 1 in a few weeks... can you believe it? I can't wait to play with you at my house.

We walked around Tom & Heather's neighborhood and went trick-or-treating - here are the boys in the wagon getting ready to make another stop.









Does he look tired or what??? But what a cute little skunk he was... and thanks for the candy Gavin - mommy & daddy enjoyed eating it!