Austin's 1st Birthday~ Part 2

Austin's party was a lot of fun.... for everyone! The birthday boy enjoyed his presents, cake, and lots of attention and love while the rest of the kiddos and grown-ups enjoyed entertainment out back and yummy food inside. And I think everybody was worn out when it was all said and done!

 

The big blow-up obstacle course and slides were a hit. I know my firstborn had the time of his life playing on it. I think all the cousins loved it just as much. It was great entertainment for all the kiddos before we ate and while we waited to open presents.

 

Austin wasn't as impressed as everyone else but still enjoyed one ride down the slide.

 

Even my father-in-law and Granny went down!

 

My dad, aka Papa, was the grill master for the party. And everything was delicious!

 

Sweet cousins cooling off inside. Garrison was drenched in sweat. Eww.

Things got crazy when it was time to open presents. Oh my. This was Garrison's first experience with a younger sibling's birthday. He still views Austin as a baby (which he technically is) and feels like he needs to take over and do everything for him, especially things like opening birthday presents. Sooo... baby boy had a little help from big brother with all his presents. Terrell only had to "remove" Garrison once for just a minute. Thankfully Austin was sort of oblivious to what was going on. He even escaped and walked away a couple of times. Ohhh the memories. (Garrison did get a special big brother gift from AnAn and Frankie so he wasn't completely left out... which he had no intentions of letting happen. Ha!)

After the excitement of presents (and me being forced to accept that things weren't perfect and peaceful during the opening of presents, haha) we moved right along to cake. Austin had no clue why 20 plus people were singing Happy Birthday to him but he did decide to clap for everyone right at the end. Too cute. He ate his cake just like Garrison did at his 1st birthday party... slowly while enjoying and savoring every bite. And just like with Garrison we ended up pushing his hand down into the cake to offer a little messiness and encouragement. It didn't change his approach. It was his party and his cake and he intended to enjoy it the way he wanted to.

 

Yay for a wonderful party celebrating our sweet baby boy's 1st birthday!!