The 'Pinterest mom' in me wanted Jenson's party to be special. To go all out, have the cutest decorations, perfect birthday cake, perfect theme.... etc. I knew that even though that was the 'cool thing' to do now days it was a bit over the top. For one, why waste that kind of money when Jenson isn't even going to remember it? and Two, it seemed like it was mostly just to show off how good of a mother I am. But, honestly that kind of stuff isn't what makes me a good mother. So, I had to fight with my instincts and try to be reasonable. It still was a perfect day.The best part of the day was that Alek was able to only work half a day. He leaves super early for work so He was home by 10am. Which is about the time me and Jenson are finally ready for the day. I loved having Alek home and so did Jenson. Alek truly makes Jenson so happy. No one can play quite like a dad can. My favorite moment was when Alek got home from work right when Jenson was waking up from his nap. Alek shouted, I'll go get him! and sprinted up the stairs. In the moniter, I heard Alek burst into Jenson's room and start singing Happy Birthday to him. It melted my heart.:)
The original plan was to go to the pool but between naps, running last minute errands, and it being cloudy most of the day, we never made it to the pool. But, we still had lots of fun spending the day as a family. :)
That night, we had a little get together with close family members at our house. We roasted hot dogs, opened presents and of course had cake! Watching Jenson's face was my absolute favorite. He would open one present and would just want to sit and play with it FOREVER! Finally we were having to pry the toy away from him so we could hand him the next present and he would get so mad! He was loving life!! Every present he opened he would say "Oooooooh!"
My favorite picture of the night. He was soooo happy! Thanks uncle Rhy for the cool present!
The cake was a bit of a nightmare. I ordered it from Macey's bakery over the phone, which I learned to never do again. I told them Navy blue and Lime green. But, they heard 'baby blue'. I HATE baby blue. Also, at first they heard me wrong and put "Happy Birthday Jason" on the cake, which they quickly changed. Then, when I went and picked it up... there were freaking pink sprinkles on it!!!! PINK! I was like, "You know this is a boy cake right?" And the lady was like, "Yes....??" Then I said, "well, what's up with the Pink sprinkles??" I was a bit upset! I still brought the cake home though. I just scraped off all the sprinkles and luckily had some blue and green ones of my own. Also, they had put a bunch of curly bows in the top corner of the main cake, again they must've been gender confused. I quickly pulled those off and into the garbage and grabbed one of Jenson's toys and threw on instead. So, I guess it still turned out alright.
I was a little skeptical about him eating the cake. Unfortunately he has my cleanliness genes and hates to be dirty. When he gets sticky or stuff all over his hands he freaks out and starts screaming! So, I thought for sure this is how he would be with his cake. But, boy did he surprise us all. It took him a little bit, but, after I shoved the first bite into his mouth and he tasted all the deliciousness, He couldn't hold himself back and went all in. It was so funny to watch. He kept saying "mmmmm" and then stop when everyone would start laughing at him.
It was such a fun day. I love Birthdays! Especially when they are your own babies. I look forward to all his Birthdays in the future. I've always said I wouldn't be the parent that spoils their kid rotten but it's so hard when their so stinking cute and you love them to pieces :)
