William's First Birthday!

My cousin William just turned the big ONE year old! So Aunt Leah and Uncle Brandon gave him a big party. Lots of William's friends and family came over for the party. I had to go, because here in a few months, I'll be turning 1 and I wanted to see how these parties worked. Not too shabby if I do say so! Grandma was there, of course, and she showed off the cake to William before all the guests arrived.

William just wanted to play with me the whole time though. He had to hold me on the table, because he was scared I might fall. We just kept playing, and finally I told him he better play with some of the other kids, too, because I didn't want everyone to think I was hogging the birthday boy.

And then Lauren wanted to hold me. I know she's my cousin and all, but I think she's cute. She was one of the first people to get me to smile. Well, or the first documented smile on camera at least.

Soon all the festivities wore me out and I had to go down for a nap. But at Aunt Lou Anne's house, the best and darkest place to sleep is in the theater!

While I was out for the count, William tore into his cake. He got about two bites in and then got a little excited and kicked up with his legs.... Which in hindsight made a funny situation. The tray and the cake went flying! And sadly, the cake landed icing down on the floor. Good thing they only gave him the cake topper and not the whole cake!

By the time I woke back up, most of the guest were leaving or had left. So then Grandma wanted to get in some photos of all three grandkids. But we didn't want to do that. So Grandma got us in bits and pieces.

First just me, then me and Daphne.

Aunt Leah had a real photographer there, and maybe she got a good photo of all three grandkids. We'll see. All in all, it was a grand party and I think I know what to do come July and it's my party!

One side note - Grandma has been saying for months that I look just like her brother Jeff when he was a baby. So Aunt Lou Anne pulled out this family photo... What do you think - do I look like Uncle Jeff?