Frogs, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails: Happy 1st Birthday Ben!!

Ben had his first birthday last week!! Wow time has flown by! I cannot believe that this time last year we were at home with a newborn! He has been a very good addition to the Bridges family! He has definitely started developing his own personality, and he is so different from Jack in so many ways, but they are also so similar! Ben is much more clingy and attached to people than I remember Jack being. Ben is also not a big fan of "strangers". However, once he gets to know you, he has all the personality that Jack has.

We went to the doctor for the one year visit and we measured up pretty well. It just confirmed my feeling that he was tall and skinny. Here's how he measured up:

Height: 30.5 inches - 74%

Weight: 20 lbs - 13% (yes only 13%)

Head: 46 cm - 40%

On his birthday we celebrated with cupcakes at school. Unfortunately, I was the "bad mom" and was not able to leave work to make it for the actual party. They did print some pictures and send them home, but of course our scanner is broken! We did celebrate as a family that night with cupcakes after dinner. Always a big hit!!

In this picture you can see him thinking, "Mom, it would be really funny if I threw this handful of cake at you right now." He is a little bit mischievous.

I love cupcakes! Please note the toe on the bottom of the tray. This is how he eats ALL of his meals. It is really quite funny.

Saturday we had the BIG Birthday Bash. We invited family and lots of friends. A good time was had by all. Ben did not enjoy is cake as much as Jack did, but he did enjoy the bowl of ice cream that he ended up eating!

His reaction to us singing Happy Birthday. Can you really blame him?

This is about as involved as he got with the cake. He did end up eating some of it the next day, but was not too enthusiastic about it at the party.

The balloon was kind a distraction from the cake. He was also interested in looking out the front window.

The happy Birthday Boy!!

The rest of our friends (Thomas, Elizabeth, Harley, Jase and Jayden) had lots of fun playing outside. The older ones even started raking the yard (with the mini rakes). If only we would have had about 5 more rakes, my whole back yard would have been raked by the end of the party!! They were all very cute, and played so well together.