Andrew's First Birthday

Andrew's birthday was April 7th. We arrived at Sean and Ashley's house on that afternoon. We briefly celebrated his birthday but he already had a chocolate cupcake at his daycare center, he was tired and it was getting late. On Friday the next day we celebrated his birthday some more. Sean brought him home early from daycare so we could spend time with him. We had a wonderful several hours with him.

On Saturday Sean and Ashely had a birthday party for him. The weather for the day was not going to be good so they had a somewhat smaller party than they would have had if it could have been held outdoors. They invited some friends and some of Ashely's family members. The day did turn out to be rainy as predicted. The party began in the early afternoon and people showed up between one and three. 

Andrew had a great time. We all did. He was also a real trooper and had no outburst, fusses or crying jags throughout the day. He enjoyed himself throughout the day. He loved opening presents and playing with the wrapping paper and boxes. He got a lot of great toys too. When it was time to eat some birthday cake he was good for that too. There was no fuss when it was taken away after his mother thought he had enough.

There was also a funny moment earlier in the party when Andrew was surrounded by his new toys but he was obsessed with playing with a dust buster vacuum and dragging it all over the floor.

I had spent some time talking with the father of one of Ashely's work friends who was in the area visiting his daughter. He was from Buffalo and we had an interesting conversation about the old neighborhood bars. He was thrilled when I brought up Anacone's and was familiar with their jukebox full of classic jazz. 

Overall a very nice afternoon and no first birthday meltdown.