Around lunchtime, we drove to Natick to celebrate Charlotte's first birthday. Our friends Davey and Gabi threw a wonderfully laid back shin dig at their local rec center. Finley was much too small to enjoy the gym set up, but Dan certainly took advantage by shooting hoops and trying to get the grown ups to play dodge ball. It was awesome to see Charlotte crawling everywhere and climbing all around...amazing that Finley will be doing the same thing next Thanksgiving! He slept through 90% of the whole thing, but that was just fine with us.
Happy Birthday, Charlotte!
Later we went over to Sam and Betty's house to celebrate the dual birthdays of their sons, Benjamin (turning 1) and Andrew (turning 3). We walked in and knew we were in for a serious celebration because we saw the amazing homemade train cake! Ace of Cakes, eat your heart out! My mind began to swirl with ideas for Fin's first cake...but I digress...
The party was fun with lots of our friends and Finley's, too. Here is a picture of Aliza and Eliot dancing while Finley watched in amazement from behind the camera :)
It was adorable to watch Andrew and Ben while we sang "Happy Birthday" and Andrew did a great job blowing out the candles and patiently waiting to dig into the giant cake!
Finley only slept through half of this party, but we're pretty sure he enjoyed the evening. He did have a rare freak out before we left, it was really odd because he was nearly inconsolable despite being full and dry...it was the first time we couldn't satisfy him by bouncing him around or changing positions in our arms out in public. He caught us off guard and it just reminded us that we are still on the gigantic baby learning curve. We said quick goodbyes and made a run for it, perhaps he was OVERstimulated (I know I was!).
All in all, a great Sunday filled with friends and partying :) I know there will be many, many more kiddie birthday parties to come and it feels good to have the first couple under our belts!
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