Birthday Boy

Here are the pics from Ben's birthday "party" (just us, but it's still a party right??) I guess I really went over the top with blue, but it just happened that way. I love making a fancy cake so here his is. I actually made 2, which ended up being nice when we had a video malfunction for the first one and had to sing to him a second time (see the video).

I attempted to make the cake argyle, but I made fondant from scratch and it was not easy to use, hence, it is not my best creation, but not my worst either. I had fun making it and Amelia helped me frost the cake and told me the whole way how beautiful it was. She also helped me wrap up Ben's gifts including picking the paper and bags for each one and where it should go after it was wrapped. He loved his cake and opening up his stash of balls. He loved hammering his workbench and looking at his books. Thank you everyone for your calls, texts, emails and gifts. Ben had such a good time and so did Amelia. It was a great birthday. Can't wait for next time.

Benjin's One

Exactly 1 year ago today at 11:49am our little Ben was born. He has been such a sweet, cuddly, happy and easy going baby that it's hard to believe he's one. I'm not much for slideshows, but I love my collages, so here's a picture tribute to Ben's first year of life.(you've probably seen a lot of these and click on it to zoom in) More to come of all the festivities today.