Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!!!

Cade turned ONE on November 5! We spent the weekend in Lubbock with our families celebrating this precious boy and all the joy that he has brought into our lives over the last year! Cade and I drove to Lubbock Thursday afternoon and then Gregg flew in Saturday morning. We all 3 ended up sick and Gregg's Mom also ended up sick and hospitalized which all made for an interesting weekend but we still had a fun.

Saturday morning we took Cade to have his one year old pictures made. It was really windy and chilly that morning and that combined with Cade not feeling well led to a short photo shoot. I had all these cute outfits picked out and plans to get pictures to use on our Christmas card but none of that happened! :( Below are the sneak peak pictures our wonderful photographer Lynette Reeves posted. We can't wait to see the rest!

We spent the afternoon hanging out around my parents house working on last minute projects for Cade's birthday party. Gregg and Cade made a trip to the hospital to visit MiMi while my Mom and I worked.

Saturday evening our immediate family got together to eat pizza and cookies and have a mini party for Cade! Despite not feeling the best Cade was a trooper and had lot of fun opening presents, playing with Landry and showing off for the family.

We continued to celebrate Cade on Sunday with a Birthday party with all our family and friends that live in Lubbock. Cade was pretty clingy but enjoyed all the extra attention and cake! Planning for these parties have been so much fun for me and a total family effort. My Mom made the precious "Happy Birthday Cade" banner below, Cade's adorable Dino birthday shirt, and the dinosaur luggage tags and magnet bookmarks that we gave out as party favors. Gregg's Mom mad the cute pants that Cade wore and also the dinosaur table runners that we used. Gregg and I did all the paper items and Mom, Dad and I made the snacks and cakeballs that we served. Everything turned out even better than I imagined and made the party so special!

After the party was over Cody and Misti took Landry and Cade outside to try and get a couple of pictures of them together. Trying to capture an 18 month old and 12 month old together in a good picture is quite a challenge!

We had an amazing weekend in Lubbock celebrating Cade's First Birthday! We feel so blessed to have been able to share the weekend with our family and friends and thank everyone for helping us making the weekend so special!