Look Who's One Year Old!

Happy Birthday Collin! I can hardly believe our little baby is 1. This last year seems like such a blur with dental school, moving, and a new job, home, etc. Collin's been along for the ride and a pretty happy baby the whole time (except those miserable 2-3 months of colic :)). He's such a sweet and cuddly kid. He loves Mackenzie and she really adores him. They are both a blessing and joy to have around each day and we are so thankful they are part of our lives.

Since Collin was getting a fire engine for his birthday, I wanted to do the whole party with a fire engine theme. No luck with the cake however, and no time to make one myself with Thanksgiving at the same time, so he had to settle for a Cars cake. The bakery even made him his own to dive into.

Uncle Randy and Collin

Collin didn't know what to do with the cake. Tyson tried to help him a little, but he didn't really want his fingers dirty, which is very odd since he's usually always making a mess out of his food when I don't want him to. He would get frosting on his fingers and then try to wipe it off on his sweater. We helped him try the frosting to see if he would dive into the cake, but after a few minutes, and to all of our surprise, Uncle Randy picked him up and shoved his face straight down into the cake. It was quite funny. I was so worried he was going to cry, but he thought it was great, even with the frosting up his nose.

Onto the presents...

Mackenzie is such a great helper with opening the presents.

He found the fire engine. It took him no time at all to find the button for the gas and make it go! He LOVED it!
And so does Mackenzie.


So this is definitely a one-seater, but they will figure out how to make it two.

And another pinata...it wasn't homemade, and I didn't get a picture, but it was a fire engine that didn't withstand a whole lot of beating before the loot fell out and all the cousins went scrambling to scoop up as much candy as possible. Collin has a pretty good loot to himself.