Birthday Party

What does six kids and sixteen adults make? A great first birthday for Owen. We are so lucky to have so many friends and family so close... that even our idea of a "small" get together turns into a wonderfully large group.

Today started with Owen's messy hair. We did have a quick chance to sit outside and have a cup of coffee.

Then preparation began. Lucas caramelized onion, fried bacon, made mayonnaise, created "burger sauce", and made coleslaw. We had yummy burgers, cooked on the new grill.

Owen kept watch for our guests.

Owen and Grammie.

Owen played so great with all the kids. Occasionally he would get a little overwhelmed, so he would just crawl off and play by himself for a few minutes, and then join again. Towards the end, he just chased Brock around... or maybe Brock chased him around. Brock could lap Owen three times.

Here, Owen is playing "camera one, camera two"

Opening presents. Owen and I had lots of help with Liberty and Brock helping open gifts.

Everyone was so generous. Owen is so lucky to have so many wonderful friends!

He did pretty good sitting on my lap and playing with all the new toys. We got a lot of new books, amazingly, not one repeat.

After presents, we went to the cake. A great round of "happy birthday"

The Cake: he didn't know what to do at first... so many people looking at him.

Then, he started feeling the cake.

Then a sample taste.

A little sharing.

Then the full cake experience began.

We had a great day. Owen is now sleeping soundly. He had one busy busy day.