PARTY Time!!

Gunnar's birthday was a memorable one! We had so much fun celebrating on Friday with my parents, brother, Nathan, and I. On Saturday, Tom, Cullen, and Caitie came to Iowa which was also a FUN day! I of course, was a little stressed, trying to get everything to be perfect. I took on the task of making Gunnar's cake on my own, something I've NEVER even tried to do. I made a monkey cake, and it turned out pretty good. I didn't think it looked that good, but ended up getting a quite a few compliments (I'm sure most of them were thinking "what in the heck was she trying to make here?!?) but everyone said they liked it! :)
On Sunday we had around 25 family members and friends show up for the party! Almost everyone that was invited, made it! Good thing my parents have a big house, and with the weather being perfect out, there was plenty of space to stand outside and in the garage!

Gunnar ended up with a sugar-high weekend, that's for sure! With all the cake, cookies, and frosting he ate he found a new turbo speed to crawling! He was a ham at the party, loovviinngg all of the attention! I always wanted my kids to be outgoing, unlike me, who is pretty reserved, so I was excited to see his true colors coming out! He got so many gifts, and we appreciated every little and big thing everyone always does for us! We are truly blessed to have our amazing family, and friends!

Gunnar's Monkey Cake!

MMM...cake!! This was taken at his party on Sunday!

Daddy and Gunnar on his 1st Birthday, April 30th! I still can't believe it's been a year since I had him!

This was ON his actual birthday! He LOVED the cake!

His swing! I can't wait to get it hung outside for him to swing the summer away in! He was having a blast with Daddy and Uncle Evan swinging him in the living room! :)

What a wonderful weekend! We Thank each and everyone of you that made it special, by phone calls, face book messages, and being at the party, THANKS! Our next big hurdle, today at 1:45 Gunnar's 1st Haircut! Stay tuned for haircut pictures!