I just honestly can't believe that my baby is 1! It is very bittersweet to have a little one grow up so fast! When he was 3 months, I could not WAIT for him to roll over. When he rolled over at 4 months, I could not WAIT for him to sit up alone. When he sat up alone at 6 months, I could not WAIT for him to crawl. When he crawled at 8 months, I could not wait for him to pull up. When he pulled up at 10 months, I could not WAIT for him to walk and when he tooks his first step at 10 months and 3 weeks and then was walking full force at 11 months, I wanted it all to stop and for him to be a newborn again.
Isn't it funny that we wish our life away and then we want it back. Samuel has taught me more about life than I could ever imagine but the one thing that I will hold onto since his birth is time. Time goes by so fast and I have learned many valuable lessons over the past year. One of those lessons is that you should cherish every minute, hour, day, week, and year and create wonderful memories in the meantime.
So enough of all of that...those of you that know me, know that I am not the sweet and sappy type but hey...having a baby changes things so bare with me.
Moving on...
I have had a CRAZY busy life the past 2 months with little time to plan an extravagant birthday bash that is expected of you when you are from the south. Now...Destin doesn't care what you do but I still have family to live up to so I did the best with what I could. I flew in from a business trip to Milwaukee (which will warrant a long and detailed post soon to follow) on Thursday and had done very little planning except for the invites and Samuel's shirt (only because I have a genius cousin, Natalie Pinson, who saved me from embarrassment by making the cutest ever invites and shirt. So...on Friday...Donny and I headed to Party City and many other places to gather birthday supplies for the party. Our best Alabama friends Ashley, Jeff, and new baby Kiptyn were arriving on Friday night to join the fun. The birthday party was at the Crab Trap on old 98 (which is only appropriate since this is the location on the beach where Donny and I shared our first kiss...hahah!) and the theme was cupcakes on the beach just for our close family and friends. Samuel is only 1 and doesn't have any interest in friends right, but he does love
his cousins who happen to all be female. His only male cousins were involved with sports...Chandler, Donny's nephew, plays travel baseball and had back to back games all day. Aunt B, Andrew's mom, decided to go to an Auburn game and already had tickets so she is excused!
To make a long story short...Samuel got too many presents and had 2 days worth of cupcakes. He was allowed to eat non-organic and got to have cake so that should have been b-day enough for him! Trust me...he was a on a sugar high for days afterwards!
Samuel had a great 1st birthday party! His actual birthday was the next day on Sunday the 17th. Gran and GrandSam came back and took him out to Cantina Laredo which was only appropriate since I ate that the for dinner when I was in labor with him.
Samuel is so active now and walking everywhere...he is very independent and doesn't want help with anything! This past year was so much fun and I can only imagine what fun the next year is going to be. I do know one thing though...I will slow down and cherish every minute with him because it won't be long and I'll be planning all over again for the 2nd birthday bash!
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