Oliver celebrated his first birthday twice. First, I took the day of his birthday off from work, and we celebrated by meeting Daddy and a couple of his co-workers for lunch and then visiting the Air and Space Museum. We were so busy checking out all the planes that I did not get a lot of pictures, but Sheryl got one of him "driving" a plane and I got a couple of him "flying" his two airplane souvenirs on the walk home and passed out shortly thereafter. I baked him a banana/applesauce cake for his first birthday cake, which he seemed to really enjoy.
Second, we flew into Wisconsin on Friday night for a birthday party on Saturday. He soaked up being the guest of honor and was showered with love by lots of family and friends. Oliver even went for a tractor ride on Grandpa's Oliver tractor. He also enjoyed his second birthday cake, another banana cake with cream cheese frosting from a local organic bakery. On Sunday, we spent the afternoon at Aunt Sheila and Uncle Jesse's house playing outside and checking out the animals.
I am so happy to be Oliver’s mama and overjoyed at the wonderful
person he is becoming. He has
brought us so much joy in his first year.
Oliver, we love you. Happy
Birthday.
