02.03.12 - Happy Birthday, Nate!

We start each birthday morning with birthday bagels!






Nate opened presents from Mommy and Daddy right after breakfast. He was excited to get another "Pookie" book.


Angie outdid herself in making his cake. Nate requested a "chocolate Bob cake," so she bought a Bob the builder figurine on eBay and used one of this construction vehicles to make the cake look like a job site.






I made a few road signs to round out the decorating.




When Grandpa Greg comes over, he always gives each of the kids a dollar. So, all week long we worked with Nate so that he could string together a sentence when he saw him at his party. "Greg, give me dollar for mah bank ... peas!" Grandpa Greg gave him $20!


We also worked with him so he'd know how to sing "Happy Birthday." He really liked everyone singing it to him!

02.10.11 - Nate's first birthday party

We celebrated Nate's first birthday with a party last Saturday. We had a great time and so did Nate! Can't believe he's already a year old already. Angie went all out on his monkey cake. It looked - and tasted - great!


Nate was excited to get his first gift: A little chair just like Maddie's!






Nate got most excited about his Royals baseball bat. I think he automatically qualifies to bat anywhere in the real Royals lineup.














The cake was a hit with Nate, too. He went straight from his high chair to the bath tub!