Baby’s Birthday Week

In our family, birthdays (especially Christmas birthdays) are a big deal.  So instead of one day of celebration, we go for a whole week.

We started off with a birthday party for all of Liam’s 1-year-old friends. Luckily for us, lots of them made the trek from LA to party.

A few of his Rancho friends were able to come, too.

The party had a racecar theme, complete with race. Don’t let Julie fool you, she didn’t win (though Rushton was a close second to Deanna).

There was even a race car cake with real toy race cars

along with tire cupcakes and other wheel-shaped foods. He started off slow, but once William figured out the cupcake contained chocolate, there was no stopping him.  Liam’s generous friends gave him awesome gifts that he loves to play with.

And still likes to play with a week later.

After the festivities and a much-needed nap, Liam got to play with a present from Mom and Dad:

He’s not too sure about the helmet idea, though.

After the bike ride, the whole family got a present in honor of the new one year old:

It’s a 2008 Toyota Rav4. Only 35k miles and drives well. So far, so good.  Many thanks to Mike and Bri for their input and good taste.

On Liam’s actual birthday, he got to open a few extra presents, this time from Grandma and Grandpa Garff.

Even though I am anti Christmas presents for Christmas birthdays, we gave him a nativity so Liam has his own “decoration”.

Not that it really stops him from taking ornaments off the tree, but we tried.

The following Friday, Steve was able to get off work early due to the company Christmas party, so we took the opportunity to use Steve’s free “Give a Day, Get a Day” pass to go to Disneyland.

It’s kinda sad the only day that Steve could get off to go to Disneyland was just a few short hours, but we did manage to have lots of fun together.   

The best part was that the festivities seem to never end! I was able to convince Steven and William to come on my run with me on Saturday before work.

And then off to LA for Lucy and Macy’s birthday where we had lots of fun eating, exploring, and socializing.

What an awesome week+!!! Thanks to everyone who helped make it fun!