Party Time

This past weekend we celebrated Micah's first birthday with a party with family and friends. The plan was to have the party at the park in Grove Pointe but due to rain that morning and at the time we would have needed to set up, we ended up having the party at our house. While it was a little chaotic with over 60 people (adults and kids) at our house, the party turned out great and Micah had such a good time! We weren't quite sure how he would do with so many people around but he did such a good job and let pretty much any one hold him that wanted to (which he doesn't do often). We enjoyed cake (which turned out great) and some goodies. We did not open gifts at the party, because we weren't sure how Micah would respond to opening one and having it taken from him just to give him another one. Under almost all circumstances, when something is taken from him that he wants, he has a minor melt down and we wanted to avoid that at the party. Micah enjoyed his smash cake. Although he didn't do much smashing, he did enjoy eating it! After the party, my family stayed because they wanted to see Micah open their gifts. He wasn't much interested in opening gifts so we opened them for him and showed him the gifts from my family. At this time, it was definitely nap time for Micah. After his nap, we let him open the rest of his gifts (which means we opened them for him while he tried to push the boxes around or play with the tissue paper from the bags). He has enjoyed playing with all his new toys this week though, now that they have all been opened! Micah's actual birthday isn't until this coming Monday, April 9th. We decided to have his party early because this coming weekend is Easter and is a very busy weekend already for most people. Overall, we had a great day celebrating with family and friends! We are very blessed!