Keegan's First Birthday (Family Party)

Today was Keegan's second birthday party (the first was on Thursday with his friends). For his party today we had a lot of family come into town to help us celebrate. The important guests included: Weezie & Grampy, Mimi & Papa, Nana, Mary Beth & David, Uncle Ryan & Aunt Shannon, Uncle Jeremy, Aunt Joni, Uncle Kevin, Arron & Brie, and Anna Margaret. It was a nice group to help celebrate Keegan's birthday! Once everyone arrived we had a mexican lunch, Keegan's favorite! 

I love tacos!

It takes 3 out of 4 grandparents to feed Keegan lunch :-)

After lunch (which Keegan loved) he got to open his presents. Since he had practiced once already at his first birthday party, Keegan was a pro at doing this now. :-)

After presents it was time for the birthday cake. We had two cakes for this party, one for Keegan and one for everyone else. We let Keegan "explore" his cake on on his own, while we cut up and served the other one. 

Keegan's First Birthday (Friend Party)

Keegan is one year old! Happy Birthday Keegan! 


Keegan got to have 2 birthday parties this year. He had one with his friends from playgroup on Thursday and then one on Saturday with all of his family. 


On Thursday, December 16, 4 of Keegan's friends came over to help him celebrate. They had lunch together (grilled cheese, peas, avocado and pears) first. I had the other moms bring their high chairs that would hook on to regular chairs so the babies could all sit at the table together! It was so cute and I think they liked being able to see each other! 

Babies ready to eat lunch

After lunch, Keegan opened his presents. He had a good time tearing the paper off and the other babies liked to help, especially his friend Kieran. 

After presents we put them all back in the high chairs for birthday cake! During the week prior to Keegan's party I made 3-4 different cakes in attempts to find a cake with a low amount of sugar that still tasted good. I finally settled on a vanilla cake with applesauce instead of sugar. I decorated it like a cake with homemade whipped cream icing (there was some sugar there....) to look like a monkey! I thought it came out really cute and the boys all loved it! 

Monkey Cake!

mmmm

yummy cake!

Kieran

Cameron

Anthony

James

1 Year Old Photos

Today we had Keegan's One Year Old pictures taken at Portrait Innovations in Durham. I was determined to get some good pictures of Keegan since most of mine these days have him coming towards me! It took me and mom plus 2 or 3 of the workers there to keep his focus but here are some of the pictures we got! 

Keegan's First Visit to Santa Claus

Today we took Keegan to see Santa Claus for the first time. I asked around and found out that we could go to the Santa at Southpoint Mall in Durham and that they would let me take my own pictures and avoid paying $15 for one picture. He actually did very well with his visit, no crying at all. He definitely gave Santa some looks like "Who are you?" but no crying! 

Waiting to see Santa

Who are you?!

Santa's not so bad afterall

Keegans "First" Snow

Today we got a few inches of snow! The last time it snowed Keegan was only 2 months old so he had no idea what was going on, but today he was able to go out and "play" in the snow!