The unsuccessful cake smash...

Every one year old needs a cake smash! I love the idea of a cake smash, I love it when Tyler gets messy and dirty, it's fun and that's what a baby is suppose to do! Tyler's bff, Jalen did a cake smash for his 1st birthday, it turned out perfectly! Baby J got dirty, messy, cake was eaten, cake was smeared, cake was everywhere!!! So I was super excited to do one for Tyler!
I was certain that it would turn out perfectly for Tyler as well, the kid LOVES food and loves to stick his hand into EVERYTHING! I put a white table cloth on the ground, the top tier of his birthday cake in front of him, and waited for him to go to town!

So he started off with just staring at the cake, then started to look around at everyone (we had both our families there, around 25 people, all with cameras ready to go), and then back to staring at the cake. So hubby decided to help him out a little by poking his finger into the cake, but still no reaction from Tyler....Tyler was so distracted by all the people around him, he rather crawl around and play than smash the cake!
So I decided to smash the cake myself and feed him some of it, thinking that it might peak his interest and get him going..


But after he tasted the cake, he was outta there...LOL!
Sigh Tyler, why do you always have to make things difficult!! Maybe we will have better luck next year....

Happy 1st Birthday Tyler!!

I started thinking about Tyler's birthday celebration back in Spring, I love throwing parties and was excited to plan this birthday celebration for our sweet baby! I honestly don't know how I came up with the Pirate theme, just one of my odd ideas! After months of research, working on all the little details, and planning in my head, the back to back parties had came and gone!












Tyler was unfortunately sick for both of his parties, luckily, he was a trooper, besides being a bit clingy and wanted to be held all the time, he still managed to party it up with his little buddies! We were blessed with great weather on both days, and it was the perfect way to enjoy the last few weeks of summer. Although I was busy running in and out of the kitchen, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Amongst all the chaos, I was able to stand back and look at all the happy faces, friends mingling, mommies exchanging stories, daddies downing their beers and babies laughing, all the hard work was all worth it. We are really blessed to have such an amazing group of friends and family who helped and supported us through the past year.











As I look at Tyler now, crawling everywhere and busy getting himself into trouble (he is reaching for the TV right now!!), it's hard to imagine that he was a 7 lbs baby just a year ago.














Looking back on this amazing year we had, I spent a lot of time crying in the first few months, tears of frustration, fear and stress. Instead of stressing over every little thing, I really wished I was able to relax and enjoyed the first 3 months more. We had a lot of challenges over the past year, not more than any other new parents, but at least I can honestly say now that the only tears I have is tears of joy! Hubby and I used to wonder why people have more than one kid, taking care of a newborn is really no easy task. But now I know why, the happiness and love you feel when your baby smiles at you, call you mama for the first time and how their little eyes light up when they see you walk into the room, that feeling as a parent is truly indescribable...