PARTY HARTY!

In the words of Uncle Craig.... Part-A... or Part-B?

Part-A!

:) On Saturday, April 21 (James' actual birthday) we had a very small but quite fun birthday PART-A with the family. It was such a fun, special day... and one I will always hold near and dear to my heart!

I know this may come as a shock to you... but I documented the day (with the help of my beautiful sister, Frannie!). Here are some photos of the day...

Jimmy took of a few days before the birthday so that we could get a bunch of stuff done on our "to do" list.... While we did that - I also got the house - party ready. James helped while riding in the baby bjourn (look in the mirror!):

We had family come from Aiken, Simpsonville, Columbia and downtown Greenville :)

Our little family

Pop and Jimmy with our birthday boy

Ellie was ready to party harty with her blue dress on :)

A light lunch

... and of course a yummy cake (including James' own SMUSH cake!)

We were afraid of rain - but the rain held off until everyone had left.... 

James got a "Hunter and Joy are paying Cam and Jimmy back for a gift they boy Gracie" -- aka a vacuum "popper" haha.... Little did I know (4 years ago) how annoying that little toy can be! haha...

Dad always has to mix a little business in with pleasure :) signing HP checks :)

I can't get over how big Hamilton is getting!

David is such a good little daddy to sweet Ellie (who is THE best baby!)

Grammy and Grandpa got some loving :)

The Cooks plus a little Larson Birthday Boy :)

Thanks to Hunter and Joy we had a really cool bouncy play thing for kids to do outside. (Blast from the past: a couple years ago... pre-James... Jimmy and I kept Hamilton (and maybe Zan too?) while Craig and Tricia had to do something... We went outside to play and Hamilton looked so defeated. I asked him, "What's wrong Hamilton?" He sighed super loud..... then said, "There's NOTHING for me to do here." Woops. We're those boring aunt and uncle. So I made sure there was plenty to do! :) haha.... 

The weather couldn't have been any better!

The bouncy house was a success!

Zany is getting so big too! They all are! sigh....

James even got his go in the house.... for a very short period of time!

My little birthday angel :)

Grandpa taking in the day!

Ladies enjoying the sunshine (and the bouncy house!) 

The big event - the cake!

J wasn't quite sure.... He eventually got into the icing, but was NOT into the actual cake. 

Getting a little more sure.... 

Opps... maybe not THAT sure...

Our fam:

You can never get too many pictures of their first cake experience :) (thanks Frannie for all the pics!)

Who loves cake?!

James does!

Me and my love bug :)

Gift time!

Cousins enjoying their party favors :)

Yayyyy for birthdays!

James got all kinds of goodies...

And although he did get tired of opening... there were PLENTY of hands to help!

Hamilton loved the ring pop!

Opening, and opening, and opening...

I thought J might try to stay up and party but right at 2pm he was yawning and ready for nap time. So we put him down and the party slowly but surely dwindled down.... But once J got up from his nap, he was excited to play with all of his new toys!

... and Sadie was ready to come out and play!

Hahaha... I love this picture... (James onesie was stripped off after it was covered in icing from the cake):

That night we went and ate at Carolina Ale House where we let boo-bear have his first taste of real ice cream! He loved it!

Then we got home in time for a little walk around the block...

Love these three!

The entire weekend was just perfect. The next day we all went to church, came home for a nap... then got up and went to the zoo and enjoyed the beautiful weather. It was one of the best weekends I've had in a long time. :) Love to all!