Ian's First Birthday Party (MMMM....Cake Good)

Today was Ian's First Birthday Party. It was a huge success. As you can tell by the pictures, not only did his hands end up in the cake, his face was in the first thing to hit the cake. He seemed to love it.

He really had a good time. Lots of our friends were here. We had a real multi cultural party. We had kids from 5 different countries here. Ian (of course) from India; Nicky (Leslie's son) from the Ukraine; Ryan (Donna and Mike's son) from Korea; Molly (Stephanie and Paul's daughter) from China and course kids from the good ole USA....Evan (Mitch and Marla's son), Amanda (Bill and Marcia's daughter), Ryker (David and Amy's son) and Alexa (Bill and Terry's grand-daughter). In addition, our dear friends Debbie and Dave were here. Debbie and Dave's prayers really helped me through the process when I was struggling so. Brad came over later and played with Ian for a little while. Tim over did it a little today, so he was unable to come. But, we had dinner with Brad and Tim last night at India Palace.

This was a special day. Not only for Ian, but for Mommy and Daddy too. We are so truly blessed to have this little guy. The love we feel for him is just so intense and powerful.

We're all a little tired this evening. Ian didn't take much of a nap this morning and NO nap this afternoon. So, he was in bed and asleep by 7:30pm. Let's hope he stays asleep all night.

Charlie just left for work a few minutes ago. They are doing some sort of technical switch over tonight at 2:00am. Who knows what time he'll be home.

Ian and I are going to attempt to go to church tomorrow morning by ourselves. Tee, hee...we'll see how that goes. I'm not too sure I can do it all by myself, but I'm going to give it a real try. Our Sunday school class is going out to lunch after class tomorrow and we want to go and take Ian. Charlie is going to meet us there.

I'll post a few more pictures either later tonight or tomorrow. Ian had a great time, and so did we. We thank all of our friends who helped make this day so very, very special. We love you guys.