Jack's 1 year birthday week was so much fun! On his actual day (Wed) we had birthday pancakes and took our usual photo in the glider. Gramma and Grandpa arrived on Thursday and Gigi and Papa on Saturday morning. We ended up having 68 people show up for his party on Sat afternoon which ended up working out great since the weather was lovely and we had a few corn hole sets from friends. Jack has been fighting a cold (and teeth cutting through?) for the past week, but seemed to rally for his party. There were tons of little folks (25 under the age of 10) to distract him and attend to his every need. He was mostly interested in the baby pool filled with ice and drinks. Gigi reported that he spent at least 10 minutes picking up ice, dropping through the slats on the deck into the yard, and saying "uh-oh!". I had been really looking forward to giving him his birthday cupcake (pumpkin ginger) and he definitely played that up for the crowd by doing the classic face-in-cake-no-hands thing. It was heart warming (cheesy but true) to look out at our friends crowded around his chair in a semi-circle singing happy birthday to our boy. We are so blessed. Thanks to everyone who made Jack's first birthday so special and memorable.