Happy Birthday Cannon!

Happy Birthday Cannon! One year ago today, Cannon joined our family. This past year has gone by super fast. I cannot believe my baby boy is already one years old! Even though his birthday is today, we celebrated yesterday with his aunts and uncles. Because it was Cannon's first birthday party, we thought it would be fun to just have his aunts and uncles there, since they are the people he sees the most, and are really his only friends at this point. :)

Cannon started yesterday morning by having his Uncle Brandon, Uncle Kyle, and Aunt Tanaira over for brunch before heading to church. He even got to open an early birthday present from his Uncle Brandon, who was unable to attend his party later on during the day. After church, Cannon took a nap while his Aunt Tanaira and I decorated the house with green streamers and balloons. I decided to make Cannon's birthday party monkey themed, because I love monkey themed clothes and toys for little boys. Blaine and I tested our creativity by making Cannon's birthday banner, decorations, and cake. The party started after Cannon's nap, where he ate pizza, opened presents, and entertained us all by eating his birthday cake. Also, in the effort of keeping Cannon's older guests entertained, we had a "guess how many" jar filled with M&M's, and a couple of other games with prizes for the adults.

Overall, I think our first attempt at throwing a birthday party went well. I, for one, enjoyed planning and decorating for Cannon's first birthday party and look forward to the many more birthdays ahead. Happy Birthday little buddy, we love you!

Opening Uncle Brandon's present:




The Decorations and food:







The birthday boy and his party guests:






Eating birthday cake:






Opening presents:

Our Little Can-man

Cannon is getting so big! It makes it more difficult to notice how much bigger he gets each week when I see him every day. However, when I looked through his photo album the other day, I was shocked to see just how much he has grown over the past few months. Our 11 month-old is getting into EVERYTHING lately. I swear, the minute I put something away, Cannon is after that something to get it out again. This applies to putting toys away, placing things in drawers, throwing garbage away in the trash can, folding clothes and setting them aside, and throwing dirty clothes in the hamper. Cannon is definitely at the peak of curiosity and is not afraid to hide it.

In addition to his new found curiosity habits, Cannon is now eating just about everything Blaine and I eat. He loves food and like most babies, would rather eat off of our plate than his own. No matter what the food is or who is eating the food, Cannon wants it. It is funny to watch Cannon move from person to person to get a bite of whatever is being eaten. He is just too funny.

Anyway, like always, I wanted to post some new pictures of Cannon for the grandparents. I also wanted to include a few pictures of Cannon's early birthday present...a rocking horse, which he ABSOLUTELY loves. There are probably more than just a few pictures of him on his rocking horse because I love how happy he looks while riding it. Ride 'em cowboy!

Playing in his play pen:



Riding his first kiddie ride outside the Smith's grocery store:




Taking a ride on his new rocking horse: