A Day In The Life Of the Birthday Boy - Gavin James!

I want to keep all my blog posts equal and fair for all my kids.  So I'm going to post exactly what I did for Jack's first birthday.  I already did the month-by-month birthday photos.  Not it's time for photo's of what Gavin did on his actual birthday.  But before I begin I have to admit that I did a much better job of documenting Jack's birthday - down to what specific foods he ate that day.  But I was so busy getting ready for Gav's party the next day that I was bad about taking pictures.  But I did get a few good ones I wanted to post.

We were so excited to share Gavin's birthday with Christian's family who flew in from Chicago and New York just for the occasion.  We had such an awesome visit with them!  They are so amazing with the boys.  Especially Gigi who pretty much watched them all weekend while I ran around like a mad-woman getting ready for the party.  But I know she enjoyed the time together and so did they...especially their trip to Toys R Us!  Jack even got to go swimming at the St Regis with is Aunt Mandi, Aunt Dani and Uncle Lionel.  I wish they all lived closer so we could see them more often!

Here's what our birthday boy was up to on September 28, 2012...

Morning sunshine....uh, maybe I should say Good Morning sleepy head!  Our usually happy boy was not in such a great mood first thing in the morning...

Unlike his bro Jack who was in THE best mood on his birthday morning....rocker hair and all!

Once he was up and at 'em, he was all smiles.  We took our first annual mommy-son picture at 10:05 am, the exact time he was born...

 

 

Then it was snack time at Gav and Jack's brand new kids table.  He had water and gold fish...

 

 

Then Gav and Jack's aunties came over to spend the afternoon with us...

 

And no birthday would be complete without a ride on his favorite carousel!  We made Aunt Dani take a turn...

And Aunt Mandi took a spin with Jack...

Such a happy boy with his Gigi!  I think Gavin looks so much like her...

Jack and his Uncle Lionel in matching Chicago flag t-shirts.  How cute are they?!

Gav just taking in the sights with his daddy...quite possibly his favorite person in the planet...

And of course, just as we did with Jack, Gavin got his first (or more like 10th) taste of strawberry ice cream!

Needless to say, he loved it!!  A great ending to a super-fun day!

I'm bummed that I didn't get more pictures, especially of him going to bed like I did with Jack.  But we really did have so much fun celebrating Gavin!  And the next day was even more good times at the big southern BBQ Bash!  Pictures coming soon...