December 29, 2006 at 6:31pm
7lbs 8 oz
December 29, 2007
1 year old
December 29, 2008
2 years old (he was holding his arms up saying "I'm 2!")
December 29, 2009
3 years old
December 29, 2010
4 years old!
(there is a slideshow of all the pictures at the bottom of the post, but I'm going to talk about our crazy busy day first!)
We woke up yesterday and has a special breakfast of homemade donuts using the pan that Aunt Wanda and Uncle Bill gave us for Christmas--Sean absolutely LOVED them and his special day was
off to a great start.
We had SO MUCH to accomplish since I was CRAZY enough to plan not just one but TWO parties for him on the same day--one in the afternoon for all his friends and the other in the evening for family. As if that wasn't enough--I invited practically every friend he has to the first party, which resulted in a total of 27 kids and 13 adults to plan for. Without the help of my wonderful hubby, I would have completely lost it. He planned a great game for the kids using Sean's new nerf dart gun. He printed off a huge target to put in a picture frame that had the different characters from Toy Story on the target with corresponding points if you hit each one. The kids loved it. We borrowed the train table that stays at Jon's parents' house and had all of Sean's Thomas track, engines, etc. out for the kids to play with. I think this was the biggest hit. Then, there was the craft I had planned for the kids to make their own rockets out of a paper towel tube. Um...it was a bit too hard for the kids, so me and some of the other moms ended up making them and handing over to the kids to decorate. I think only 1 kid decided to do that--the others just began running around the house flying their rockets. They had a blast! (no pun intended--well, maybe just a little)
Then, we ate the humongous cake that I made out of four 9x13 cakes. It took 4 batches of buttercream frosting to cover and decorate it. Jon drew the sketch for me and made the wings to go on the sides. I'm pretty proud of the outcome!
After the first party was over, we had 1 1/2 hours before family arrived. I had made a HUGE batch of chili that morning to keep simmering on the stove and we wrapped 16 baked potatoes to throw in the oven at 5:00 so they would be done by 6:30. The meal was a hit with family and thankfully this party was much more relaxed. We opened presents only at this one, because I wanted the focus at the first party to be about having fun with friends. I don't want Sean to come to expect lots of things in the future, so I tried to keep that part simple.
When family left around 9:30 we were absolutely exhausted and crashed pretty much about 15 mintues after we got things put away as much as possible. Such a tiresome day, but every bit of it was worth it for my handsome little guy. I must say, however, that I will not be attempting THAT in the future! Probably just small parties where he can invite only 2-3 friends to join the family for only 1 party or a sleepover when he gets old enough. Nice and simple, but still special.
Now for the pictures. Click on the link to view a slideshow from Shutterfly!
