Maddox's Birthday Party

Maddox's 1st birthday party was last weekend. We had so much fun and were so thankful that so many of our friends and family could come celebrate with us. Maddox was a little cranky before everyone arrived, but fortunately he snapped out of it pretty quickly and had a great time. Of course he enjoyed eating all the good food and he also had fun opening his presents. It seriously looked like Santa had come again and dropped off enough goods for the whole neighborhood. He got so many fun new toys, some big boy clothes, and even three new pairs of shoes (which is great because he didn't have any that fit him before then). We have tried putting shoes on him a little lately. He's not the biggest fan, but he has successfully worn them on a few occasions so we're going to keep working on this. Here are a few shots of Maddox opening his presents and having fun at his party.

I think Maddox's cake was his favorite part of the party. He had the cutest cake that my friend Kim made. I decided to go with a sock monkey on the cake since Maddox has pretty much been branded as the sock monkey kid. I thought it turned out great! It was almost too cute to eat!

Maddox even had his own mini sock monkey smash cake, which he didn't waste any time digging into. It is so funny to watch him eat because he still waves his hands in the air and makes excited whining noises when he sees you coming toward him with food. He started off by picking off each one of the icing polka dots before he dug into the rest of it. He ate a good bit of the cake and I'm pretty sure he would have attempted to finish it off if we'd allowed him too. He was a not too thrilled about having his cake removed from his tray before he had finished, but I think it was for the best!

Thank you again to everyone who helped make Maddox's birthday so special. We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family. And we are blessed beyond words to have the most amazing beautiful little man. We love you so much, Maddox and can't wait to see what your second year has in store for you!