ONE

Evan turned one today! How did that happen? It seems so unbelievable that a whole year has gone by. It seems like it went by so fast, yet at the same time it feels like his birth day was a lifetime ago. Seeing him grow into this little kid that giggles and crawls and throws small tantrums has been amazing, and it seem impossible that just a year ago he was a little baby.

We had a great day of celebration. As soon as we were all awake, we got Evan and brought him to our bed for some giggle time. Then he had special birthday pancakes: blueberry AND strawberry pancakes. After that we opened presents and played around in his room until it was nap time.

Once he was awake, we did lunch and left for the aquarium. He loves the aquarium! We let him crawl around almost the whole time, and since there were very few people around, he had almost the whole floor for himself. We even got to see the river otters and the sharks feeding (not in the same tank), and Evan enjoyed crawling from tank to tank. When we stopped by the rays tank, the volunteers there asked how old he was, and started singing Happy Birthday for him. He got some impromptu gifts: a small stuffed turtle, a plastic dolphin and a super cute little shark. What a cute smile will get you!

From there we went to sign some home-related papers, and stopped by a furniture store. That was more to make time for dinner. We went to a latin food restaurant and Evan had a bit of steak along with his dinner.

After that we came back home and it was time for the main event: the cake! We bought a small cake for him to enjoy (a.k.a. destroy). It was so much fun! The icing was a little bit too sweet, and he actually didn’t have a lot, but he had enough to get his mouth and hands all red.

All that fun was of course followed by a bath, and then it was bedtime. it was a great day with our big boy, who is one today. Crazy stuff…