caleb's 1st birthday!!!

this year has been both the longest (middle of the night feedings, anyone?) and shortest of my life. tom and i cannot believe that caleb turned 1 today. for his first birthday dinner, we chose red robin. why? the balloons, of course. caleb had a blast bouncing a balloon off of his (and daddy's) head. while he didn't have a burger, he managed to snag a couple of french fries. the fun didn't stop at dinner though, we let him stay up until 8:00 p.m. a whole half-hour past his bedtime...party animal! on saturday, both of our families came for the birthday bash. our theme this year was tonka construction trucks...complete with dirt cake. caleb had his very own cupcake and absolutely LOVED the cream cheese frosting. he just couldn't resist grabbing it by the handful, squishing it around, and then cramming it into his little mouth. it turns out, he actually needed the sugar high to open the massive amount of presents that his grandparents brought. caleb had to try out his red wagon first. he liked it so much that he stayed there the rest of the afternoon. who could blame him when there were pretty girls to pull him around, and around, and around the house?!? caleb got some other cools toys like, a dump truck, a hammer that lights up and makes noise, and a puppy dog that talks and sings whenever you squeeze it. with his birthday so soon after christmas, i have had a very difficult time finding a place for all of his new toys. although i suppose that there are worse problems to have :) happy birthday baby boy! mommy and daddy love you very much!!!