Johnley's Birthday Party

Good times, good times.



This is Johnley. On his very first birthday (party). First thing in the am! He woke up on Sunday practically bursting. We had been doing the countdown to the birthday and he knew this was the day. He had to keep his hand over his mouth because he couldn't control his smile!


This is when he saw his new bike!

And here is a video of him opening a present from Duncan, Cole and Grady. Thanks guys!

We had a wonderful, Diego-themed party, complete with jungle vines (thanks daddy and Taishauna)! The big hit of the party was the water balloons. Poor Joe sat for over an hour filling them up, and most everybody decided to hit him. (His nieces were actually giddy over the idea!) Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures. Hopefully someone else did and I will post them when I get them.

After we blew out the candles, I went into the house to get a knife, and everyone tried to talk Johnley into biting the cake - somewhat of a tradition in our family - but he wouldn't have it.


Here is the video. Keep in mind that the person operating the camera was celebrating her 31st birthday and was slightly intoxicated!


Actually, he was a little concerned that everyone was going to eat his cake! And they did.
Especially Cara!


We went into the house to open presents and here a little bit of what that looked like.


So many people came and everyone made it a wonderful day. He was one happy, happy, little boy.

The best part of the whole day was when I put Johnley to bed. He was utterly, completely 100%, satisfied. "Mommy, that was the best party ever."