Noah's Birthday

Saturday, April 3 was Noah's first birthday. We headed down to Virginia for his party in the afternoon. It was a small party. The other guests were Kyle's mom, Dave's parents, and three of Kate and Dave's friends. Before the birthday festivities began, Kate and Dave gave Peyton his Easter gifts.

He got some PlayDoh, bubbles, sidewalk chalk, and a painting book.

Then we gave Noah his Easter gift. We got him an Elmo outfit since we heard he really likes Elmo right now.

Linda had a few gifts for Peyton too. She gave him a Five Little Ducks book and two cute outfits.

After Easter gifts, the food arrived. After everyone was full of pizza, it was time for cake. Kate made Noah's birthday cake. She did a really good job on the blocks.

We sang Happy Birthday to Noah, which Peyton loved as usual. Kate even let Peyton help Noah blow out his candle. Noah got to enjoy this giant cupcake with Cool Whip frosting. He was a little timid at first, but then he got into it. He decided he didn't even need to use his hands.

After cake, Noah opened his gifts. We got him the Little Tikes Cozy Coupe. He was dying to get to that box since we brought it into the house. He helped tear the paper off of the box.

Kate prepared a slide show of pictures from Noah's first year that we watched after Noah opened his gifts. He's definitely grown a lot. We hung out for a little while longer and then we left the party around 6:00 so that Kyle could get home to watch the Michigan State game. It was a fun party. Happy 1st birthday Noah!