We started off the day swimming at our complex pool. Aben loves the water! He was a little cold so he didn't last as long as he usually does, but he still had so much fun!
We then invited over our family and some close friends to open presents.
Aben loved ripping the wrapping paper off...but once the paper was off I think his cousins were just as excited or even more excited to play with the new toys :)
Aben was so excited to see his new big ball! I wish we could have gotten a picture of his face, but the minute he saw it he opened his arms up and made his big "wow" face! He just couldn't wait to hold it!
For his birthday "party", we decided to do a mickey mouse theme. I was pretty happy with the cupcakes I made. I even dared to make my own marshmallow fondant in three colors! I think they turned out pretty cute!
Aben was a little hesitant at first to eat his cupcake. I think he was wondering why in the world everyone was staring silently at him, and trying to figure out how he was going to put such a big thing in his mouth! Once I broke some bites apart for him he decided he liked it and dug right in, no longer caring about us all watching him eat his first chocolate cupcake!
We sure do have a happy, handsome one year old!
