Jack's 1st Birthday Party

We had one heck of a time at Jack's first birthday!  Sure, he might not have known the party was for him or why there were so many people at my parents' house but he sure enjoyed it and had fun.

When we found out we were moving to Nashville we decided to do Jack's party in Plano so many of our friends and family could see him one more time before the big move.  We loved having all our family and friends around to celebrate Jack.  Thanks to everyone who came!

We threw Jack a Texas style shin-dig before he becomes a Tennessee boy. 
You can check out all the details here. 
We made sure to have all the Texas staples like BBQ, Dr. Pepper, & Blue Bell.

Jack went down for his 10:00am nap and we had to wake him up at 1:00pm for the party...that does not normally happen.  But it was great for us because we had a happy, well rested baby!

He loves the pretty girls!

With the parents to be and baby girl Dillon

Can't believe my baby's 1!

Jack's 2nd cousin Brooks

Jack got to finally meet Miss Taylor Trampe.  She is such a cutie and while Jack might have been more interested in the grass and crawling, I'm pretty sure they fell in love. 

Finally got to meet Uncle Opie...

and the Helffrich's!

Babies unite

Everyone gathered 'round to sing Happy Birthday and I think Jack was real confused. 

He also did not like his hat that I tried to put on him.

But he sure was cute.

After we sang, I told him to dig in...and he wouldn't touch the cake!  Tyler and I put his hands in it to see if he'd start, but nothing.  He looked at his hands like he was disgusted they were dirty at first and wasn't so sure about that.  I tried to put some icing in his mouth and still nothing!

He liked some Blue Bell ice cream, though!

My parents got Jack a new truck for his birthday and he had to check out the tires and then took a ride around the party in it.

Check out that license plate!

Some of the family stuck around and later in the day Jack opened his presents and had lots of fun playing with everything.  He is one lucky little boy and loved hammin' it up in front of everyone (especially in his sunglasses).

Relaxing with Mima after a long day.

Worn Out!

Jack is truly blessed to have so many people who love him.  It's a day we'll never forget...and one Jack might not remember, but we'll have lots of memories and pictures to share with him.

Happy 1st Birthday, Jack!   We love you more than you'll ever know!