1st Birthday!

PARTY TIME! This turned out to be such a fun day for our family. I get all weird and stressed trying to get ready for everything, but once it got started it was a blast. I had a lot of fun planning for his monkey party. The reason we did a Monkey Theme:

-First: Kade sort of looks like a monkey, especially with his little spike of hair on top.

-Second: Kade sleeps with the same monkey every single night. It is his very best friend. He drags it around the house with him and we take it everywhere. When he is tired he pats it on his face or rubs it on my face (nasty) It is SO cute to peek at him sleeping and see it tucked into his arm.

These were the little party favors that we gave to Kade's friends. It's hard to tell, but there is little monkey's on the bags.

Some pics of the decorations. I had a lot of help from Kathy and Heidi. I don't know what I would've done without them and their crafty skills. Heidi loves to make cakes and did a fabulous job on both cakes.! We kinda ruined it in this pic cause the cake was sliding off the plate..oopsy

Kade has his own bananas to smash into. He LOVED digging into it but he wanted nothing to do with eating the cake. Free reign to make a mess was the best thing he could've asked for.

These were the pre-cake pictures. I hope one day he doesn't hate me for making him wear that hat...it was just to cute on him!

The kids had a blast playing water games outside. Most of the adults were smart and tried to hide in the shade. It has been over 110 degrees all week, yuck! Kade's favorite part is when the slip'n'slide got the grass all muddy and he could roll around in the mud.

The two dingles :) He loves his Grandparents.

We were so grateful to our friends and family that were able to come celebrate with us to make it a special day for Kade.

Tired during the after party..it is hard work turning one!