evan's first birthday

evan's first birthday was august 4. we didn't have his party until a week later, but that doesn't mean we didn't celebrate the day of! we started the day at home, just us and katie, and took his monthly pictures- the last ones! then we had a nice lunch as home before heading to greenville to take evan to chuck e. cheese's for the first time on his first birthday! i spent my first birthday at chuck e. cheese so naturally, he had to spend his there too. well, to sum up the whole experience- he LOVED it! he loved the rides, the games, the show- all of it.

 loving the jungle gym in the toddler zone

 he had lots of phone calls to make

 he loved all the little rides

 and of course, he always loves a slide

 evan and chuck

even us big kids had a good time!

after we spent about 2 hours there, we all went to dinner at on the border. he ate a yummy dinner of corn dogs and veggies and then they sang to him and brought him a dessert, which is kindly shared with the rest of us :) we didn't want to fill him up quite yet with sugar because we had a cake waiting for him at home. he got to see tortillas being made and chew on some crayons- it was a great place to have his birthday dinner!

such a happy family!

after we finished up in greenville, we drove back to my parents house for presents and cake. we thought since he would be getting presents at his party the next week, maybe we should go ahead and do all of ours to not overwhelm him with too much new stuff. plus, we were ready to give him what we all had bought him! so we sang, helped him blow out his candle, and went on the the present opening. well, he loved opening presents at christmas and he loved it on his birthday. but what he really loved were the cards my parents and grandparents got him. 

evan LOVES ballons

his cake with one "candle"

his favorite thing of the night- the dragon card

we ended the festivities with cake and ice cream. evan thought this was his smash cake, cause that's all he did was take a handful, squeeze it, then either throw it on the ground for the puppies, throw it on my mom, or try and feed someone else. what a silly boy!

i think evan had a great first birthday! i know i thoroughly enjoyed celebrating it. it was a day filled with family and fun. it was so good, i'm sure now he has super high expectations for his second birthday- and he should! he is a great little boy and deserves a day all about him. don't worry evan- we won't disappoint next year and we are already looking forward to it!