Max's Birthday Weekend!

Our little man is now one year old! We thought the first year with Laney went fast....shew!! Not nearly as fast as our first year with Max! For those of my friends that just recently had their second child....be prepared with how fast it goes! I'm sure it's because we are even more busy now than we were 3 years ago. Working (full time for Benj, part time for me), keeping the house (inside & outside) in order & cooking, chasing/entertaining a toddler, and now chasing/entertaining a 1 year old...

our lives our B-U-S-Y!

We did manage to take the weekend to celebrate Mr Max's first birthday! Of course, we went to our fave restaurant, El Nopal. Victor (our server we always ask for) was looking forward to giving Max some ice cream!

He was excited about it!

But wasn't so sure about wearing that hat....can you blame him?

But the end result was WELL WORTH IT!

Chocolate chip pancakes were on the menu for the morning of Max's birthday. I was hesitant in making them because his birthday fell on Sunday, which means having to get up even earlier than normal to get them made, get the kids bathed & ready, me ready, and out the door for church. After Benji pointed out that Laney got them on her first birthday,

I HAD to do it for Max!

Happy Birthday Mr Max! He wasn't too sure about it, until.....

that first bite hit his mouth....

and he was lovin' it!

He kept putting his finger up when we asked how old he was!

Then it was "Party Time" Baseball theme, of course! I'm not sure if any of you heard this story, but when Max was about 5 or 6 months old, Benji said, "Erin, have you planned what theme Max's birthday is going to be?", knowing that I get excited about planning parties, let alone, kids' parties! Thinking to myself, "Benj, it's several months away...." I replied, "Nope." He said, "It's gotta be baseball. Season opening is that week, he's a boy, we've gotta do baseball!" PERFECT...BASEBALL IT IS!

"Reinhart Field" Luckily, we had a beautiful day. It was low to mid 80's, a little windy, but

we couldn't complain.

Max's monthly banner of 0-12 month pictures

The cake/cookie table

Delicious cookies

an awesome cake

and a scrumptous ONE YEAR old!

What more can ya ask for????

A FIST FULL OF CHOCOLATE...That's what!!

Happy 1st Birthday, Max Charles. We love you SO much! You have brought us so much joy and happiness this past year! We can't wait to see what your second year brings!