The zoo and birthday pictures

We had a small birthday party for Kaden the weekend before his birthday. He had lots of fun. It's amazing that he's 1 now--where did the year go!?! He had fun opening presents and playing with his friends.

His smash cake. He wasn't too interested in eating any of it, but had a great time playing in it!

The big people cake!



This is a picture of him and Colin -- Colin is a few weeks younger than Kaden.Opening presents with the help of Xavier (I taught school with his mom).
He thought it was so much fun putting this bag over his head.

A friend from my mom's group made him a #1 shirt!

Opening presents with Marie.

Several friends and family members have sent Kaden birthday presents, and he's loved every one of them! He loves opening the boxes, and especially loves pulling the tissue paper out! Here are a couple pictures of him opening the presents.

He kept trying to figure out how to work the pull toy.

We took Kaden to the zoo in Asheboro for his birthday. The weather was perfect and he had so much fun. He LOVED the ducks and would yell "duck, duck, duck" and "quack, quack, quack" at them. He also liked watching the monkeys and the fish. He got to ride on the Carousel with both Matt & I. He was EXHAUSTED by the end of the day and fell asleep on the tram ride to the car. Unfortunately when I was transferring the pictures, something happened and 3/4 of the day was deleted. These are a few of the ones the transferred correctly.