Nathan is 1!

My son is 1. It literally feels like just last night I was laying in bed with Sugar napping at my knees, and I felt the contractions begin. From that first contraction, my life changed forever. Nathan was saying HELLOOO world! I'm a coming.

Nathan is my best friend and I love him so much. It's funny to actually say now that I have a 1 year old. A 1 year old! Really?? Gosh. And I cannot imagine life without him.

His party was a lot of fun tonight. It probably wasn't the smartest thing though for me to plan it on a weeknight. I just thought that since he was turning 1, I did not want to do it over last weekend because he wasn't 1 yet and then I did not want to do it this weekend because it's Christmas. It's hard on the weeknights though because when I get him from daycare, he is usually exhausted and fussy, which turned out to happen tonight. My parents picked him up so I could get the cake. My mom fed him dinner and then when I arrived, we played for a little and then got the party started. Much of the time he dug through his cake, he was crying or at least whining. He was so exhausted, poor guy. After about 7-10 minutes, I got him in the tub and washed the icing off his hands and face. Then the sugar rush began and he was fine for a couple of hours. He opened presents and of course was more interested in the paper. When we came back home, he was trucking along beautifully and then BAM. The sugar crash. I put him in bed after brushing his teeth and went right to sleep.

Another piece of the excitement for the night was my re-introduction to coffee. I had decaf tonight because I was not in the mood for a caffeine buzz. Literally the drink was so tasty that my eyes welled up with tears. I plan on stopping by Starbucks on my way to work Wednesday so if any of you receive a nutty email from me, please blame the bean.

What a day this was. A great and wonderful first birthday :)

Kisses
Toni