For Kaipo's first birthday, we let him open a present a week in advance, with hopes that he would use this activity walker like crazy so that he can start walking already and also so that he could actually play with it for a decent while since we were leaving on "vacation" a couple days after his birthday and would be gone for a while (which explains why I have not blogged for a month).
I took pics of the birthday boy while he was still clean and fresh...
even if that meant a little crying. :) I love this pic of him, such a classic look of Kaipo. He is so funny, he cries over the silliest of things and can be so dramatic about it but he looks so darn cute while doing it. I think he was trying to say "It's my party and I'll cry if I want to!"
For his birthday we had homemade fajitas with all the works (Auntie Pebbles was a lifesaver). It was delicious and wished that I got a picture of it. For the birthday boy we feed him spaghetti since fajitas weren't very kid friendly. We didn't have cake for him that night but that was just fine since we were planning on celebrating a second time around with more family.
So for the second celebration, we saw Toy story 3. Kaipo did not care for the movie (not surprising for a one year old!) but he loved the kettle corn. He and movies do not mix! It took me three tries to learn that this past summer and by the third time around, I made a promise that I would take him to another movie again until at least a year from now.
It was Kono's first time seeing one of the Toy Story movies. He never was really interested in it but instantly got attached to it. During the show he needed a restroom break and asked me if I could tell them to pause the big t.v. :) It was so funny. That day, he started calling me Jessie. :)And now, he believes that his toys come alive while he is not watching them. I saw him trying to "bust" a toy playing with his head just barely peeking into the bedroom. He even says "I hope my toys came alive!" Or "I think my toys were eating while we were gone!" Oh the cuteness of kids. I am going to surely miss this one day.
Afterwards, we went to the park and had pizza, salad, watermelon and cake.
I really liked the laid back idea with no worries about decorations and minimal work and clean-up. It was so fun to spend time with family. (Thanks for the gifts/money!)
Look at him go for the cake. He just did that at first, when he was given an actual slice, he seemed reluctant to touch it anymore.
When he finally did, I think he may have just fell in love with chocolate. :)
Papa Johns and cake, could it have gotten any better?
