Tony turns One!

My baby is one! I can't believe that it was only a little more than a year ago that I was at the gym walking on the treadmill for two hours trying to convince little Tony that he wanted to make an appearance in this world and now my baby is one year old!

We hosted a celebratory bash on Saturday, January 16th (although his real birthday was on Wednesday, January 13th). I made my usual "more work than is really needed" showing, where the "appetizers" turned into an actual meal (if I had planned an real meal, it would have most definately been less work) and decided that the really cute puppy cupcakes that I found on-line were a "must-have". The problem is that I needed about two more hours to get all the stuff done. If it hadn't been for my mom, sisters, and sisters-in-law pitching in, the party would have never come to pass. Thanks ladies - you are lifesavers!

Since Tony has been walking all over for the past month and a half, I decided to get a pinata. We always had pinatas at our parties growing up. We would actually make them by hand (luckily I didn't get the idea in my head to hand-make it!). Unfortunately, I didn't have the camera in position while Tony still had an interest in swinging around a stick so the pictures didn't turn out too great. But the other kids have fun beating it up and eventually got all the goodies out of it.

Tony lost interest in his presents after he opened the toys and then kept getting boring clothes. Of course, the wrapping paper is always more entertaining than the gifts himself and he did get another jack-in-the-box. Wahoo! He loves the jack-in-the-box, especially since he's figured out that if you push the little latch with your finger, the lion will pop out without having to go through the whole song!

Eating is something that my son is very good at. He dug right into that cake, starting with the jelly bean and marshmallow on top (I know - that is probably a "no-no" for kids, but he's still alive!) and working his way through the icing to the actual cake part. In fact, he was so preoccupied with the cake that he actually left the cute hat on. Yeah! It make for completely adorable pictures.

I have to say, that we actually never gave him his gift. I didn't get a chance to wrap it up and he has had so many new toys that I figured I would wait a couple of weeks to give it to him. Or maybe till next Christmas? ;)