Jordy's 1st Birthday!

I won't get into the "I can't believe my baby is a year old already" or the "This last year went so fast"...those things are just implied with all this! :)

Tyler had to work on Tuesday (Jordy's birthday), but that was okay because Jordy spent a lot of his birthday sleeping or was really clingy to me-- I think he was a little messed up with his sleeping from our trip, etc.
BUT- he was sure happy to see Tyler when he got home!

What a happy birthday boy! 

We wanted to take Jordy somewhere for a fun little treat but it got late and it was super cold and windy, so we didn't want to go far. We did take him, however, to the next best place...McDonald's! :)

He really enjoyed his cheeseburger and fries! 

We came back and Jess and Ryan and Carly and Brad came over for the party to begin! 

Jordy got to open some more presents...

                       

Jordy even tried taking a few steps with his corn popper, until he realized he could make it pop while sitting! 

Then it was finally time for cake! 

We expected Jordy to dig right in, however, he didn't seem to want to get messy. Go figure! He makes a mess with all of our stuff  but he doesn't want to get himself messy! 

We tried helping him see that it was yummy...

But he just wasn't convinced.

But then we brought out the BIG CHOCOLATE cake and he seemed much more excited about that! 

Silly little man! I should have known he'd like chocolate better. 

Aunt Carly decided his cake eating had been anti-climatic and way too mess-free, so she decided to help out! 

That's more like it! 

We couldn't be more proud! 

It was straight to the bath for Jordy after all that! :) 

Although it was Jordy turning 1 year old- both Tyler and I felt like we were celebrating a birthday of ours as well...1 year old parents! :) We weren't perfect by any means...in fact, we had lots of trial and error and asking the experts (aka: our parents!) We continue to learn new things every day. Jordy has kept us on our toes and has more energy than both of us combined, but such a fun personality! We love him so so much! Happy Birthday sweet boy!