Luke's 1st Birthday Party!

Today, we had Luke's first birthday party. It couldn't have gone any better. Sharon did a terrific job setting up the house and getting things perfect for Luke. Of course I was saying the whole time, "Do we really need that..." But in the end, I think all the small details added up to make for a fantastic party. It was a perfect day and everyone showed up! We're fortunate to be around so many wonderful people.

Luke started the day in a good mood.

This was one of the moments when I said, "Sharon, do we have to...."



Sharon picked out a special outfit for his birthday. His monkey outfit matched the Jungle theme. It was really cool. Luke's nursery has a jungle theme, so we kept the party in that spirit. Sharon had stuffed animals around the house, green and yellow streamers, jungle plates, a blow up monkey by our front door:)

Luke still struggles with opening presents. He gets hung up with the thick wires, the tape, the sealed plastic, more wires in tape in plastic, and more wires....ok, I struggle a little too.


Although he has a hard time opening the presents, he knows how to use them.

Sharon asked that I make a video of Luke for his birthday. I fought for as long as I could because I didn't want to set a precedence for our other kids, but I lost:) I'm thinking about taking Brandi's advice and using the same video for the other kids and just change the name. The video is about 9 minutes. I tried keeping it short. And if you click on the Google video button on the lower right corner, you can view the video on a larger screen. Enjoy.