Micah's 1st birthday!

I cannot believe my little guy is a year old already!!! Where has the time gone?!? :) It scares me to think that if the first year of his life went by this fast, he'll be heading off to college before we know it! Which is why we have to make the most of every minute of every day!

We had a wonderful time celebrating Micah's birthday... which also happens to be New Year's Eve... so after the birthday party was over, we kept on partying and rang in the new year! (after Micah had gone to bed, of course) :) The party was at Grannie Jannie and Pops' house, and guests present included the birthday boy (of course!), Aaron and me, Grannie Jannie and Pops, Uncle Jim and (soon-to-be-officially) Auntie Julie, Grandpa and Grandma K, Uncle Eric and Aunt Tracy, and even Emma joined in on the fun. We made barbecue beef sandwiches for dinner and had quite the spread.... including cheesy potatoes, pasta salad, chips, and veggies with homemade roasted red pepper dip. Yum! But the focal point of the buffet table was Micah's cake. Tracy had seen this train cake pan on Williams and Sonoma's website, and after checking it out myself, we got one to use for Micah's birthday cake. Any time we go over to Grannie and Pops' house, Pops runs his train for Micah, and he gets a huge kick out of it, so we decided a train-themed birthday party was appropriate. :) And if I do say so myself, the cake turned out amazing! Better than I could have hoped it would, actually. :)

The cake ~


The spread ~


Playing with the new toys ~




The party table ~


The birthday boy ~


The birthday boy with mom and dad ~

Happy Birthday to you!!

Blowing out the candle ~

The classic frosting face... but because there wasn't a ton of frosting on this cake, the picture leaves something to be desired. He did seem to enjoy it though! :)

Happy 1st Birthday, Micah! We love you so much!