The Most Celebrated Birthday Boy

Our sweet baby boy has officially turned one.  He has brought us joy, many laughs, and loads of entertainment.

Since Xavier's birthday party and stuffing of the smash cake in his face was the week before his actual birthday, I wanted him to have something special on the day of.  So, I opted for DONUTS!

Xavier had a big day.  It started at daycare where the girls got him a birthday cupcake.  He ate his cake, while his little daycare buddies played with balloons!

One of several gifts from the girls at daycare.  You can see girlfriend #1 and girlfriend #2 - haha!

They even got him presents!  We adore the girls who watch him every day.  It makes it so easy for us to drop him off because they really do treat him like he's their own!

Steve and I went round and round on a birthday gift to get him.  He got so many toys from his birthday party (which he adores!) it seemed he had everything he could possibly want.  So, for our present to him, we let him watch unlimited Baby Einstein videos and have unlimited use of our phones and the TV remote.

The big gift came a week later.  We got Xavier a dog!

Jasper is the most wonderful dog I've ever met.  He's a three-year-old toy poodle.  He's already house broken and crate-trained, he has yet to bark (this is unreal!), is so snuggly and soft, and is great around Xavier.  I never thought owning a dog was in the cards for me, but Xavier loves them too much for us not to have one.  The day we got him, we took him to a dog festival and he fit right in with the other dogs.  I'm excited to watch Xavier and Jasper grow up together.

Xavier has been celebrating his birthday for two weeks now and we are certain these have been the best days of his life.  Thank you to everyone who made it out to celebrate with Xavier at his party, the girls at daycare for throwing him a special day of non-stop birthday festiveness, and to everyone who couldn't make it to the parties we/other family members had, but sent cards and presents.  Xavier would like to eat a donut for each and every one of you.... as a thank you of course!