Kaiden's first birthday

Happy First Birthday to my baby boy! I can't believe how fast this year went by! His birthday was on Jan 18th. Even though school was out that day, my family had to work... and I work weekends, so we decided to throw Kade a small party the Friday before his bday. The theme was Baby Sesame Street. Kade seemed to love it. He has grown to love Elmo. I got him a cake that had Elmo and Big Bird on it.. two cars riding down a road. It was really cute. I decorated with blue and red balloons taped on the doorway/windows of the dining room. I got a table cloth that had Elmo & friends on it and put it on our dining room table. I used the banner that Madi had for her first birthday and put it up on the wall. We had a red and blue balloon blown up, then a red and blue "1st bday" balloon blown up, along with an Elmo's 1st bday balloon all blown up with helium. It was cute enough for this little guy. I also got Kade a seperate cake. It was white icing with chocolate cake. They put flowers on it.. which I thought was crazy.. but then I noticed they were just matching the bday cake which had flowers on it. I hadn't noticed that. I had him a candle with big bird on it with a "1". My mom and dad, Pat, Lance, Nina, Hayley, and Carson, Jerry and Andrea all came. We had a good time sitting around chatting. Ate hot dogs/ chips and dip.. etc. Then sang Happy Bday to my boy. He just smiled.. Steve helped him blow out his candles. Then it was time for him to dig in. He put his hands in it.. and cried! He did NOT like the mess on his fingers.. We attempted it several times and still the same thing. I finally picked the cake up and put it to his face. He dug right in and made a mess all over his face! It dropped down on his chest/neck. lol. Then I instructed him to put his hands in his hair.. he did! HE was such a mess. Nanny took him and gave him a bath while everyone else ate cake and ice cream. Kade loved the cake and also loved the ice cream.
After Kade was cleaned up. we moved into the LR and opened his gifts. I should say Madi and Hayley got a hold of them and opened several for him before I could make them stop. Kade got many nice gifts. He got a piggy bank and money from his Nanny. He got some toy CARS and clothes from Maw-maw and Paw-paw. He got a toy ambulance and some other toys/clothes from his Granny Andrea and Paw Jerry. Lance and Nina got him a CARS ride on toy which he loves. We got him a guitar, a spin toy, and several other small toys.
I finally see how my parents felt having a kid's bday so close to Christmas. I had no idea what to get him since he just got tons for Christmas.
He had a great bday party. On his bday we didn't do much special... just sang happy bday to him!!