1st birthday - finally!

seriously i am the worst person alive at blogging. but i  have been wanting to do a post on carter's first birthday since this is the closest thing i have to a journal! i can't believe that it has already been a year! i had heard it from everyone that the time flies once  you have kids, but it seriously does. they weren't lying! the past year has been the best year of my life and every day i am so thankful for my family and my little boy. 

here are some pictures of his first year

  

love love love him.

now for the party

carter's first birthday party was a hit.  it was so fun to plan, but i think i got wayyy to stressed out about it, and i will never worry so much about a birthday party again!  luckily i had a ton of help from my amazing mom, mother in law, and husband. 

for dinner, we had sweet pork and it was sooooo good.  then we just had a little table with cupcakes, oreo truffles, and chocolate chip cookie cheesecake bars. also sooooo good.

we were lucky to have so many people come to the party! carter's grandparents, most of his aunts and uncles, and his "other" aunts and uncles - matt & ruby, brian & kyndall, william & jenny, and russell & camille. it was a special treat to have our friends russ and camille there because they came all the way from utah! i am so thankful for so many people that love our carter.

here are some pictures of the big event.

happy first birthday to my little man