jack's first birthday party

we had a wonderful time at jack's first birthday party this past saturday (oct. 17th). he did sooooo good! it is like he knew that everybody came over to see him and to celebrate him! he welcomed the early guests at the door. he sat in his daddy's lap while opening all of the gifts and became very protective over them :) he even helped open some of them. he even played with the toys and not the wrapping paper. although the next day he sure did have fun carrying around the empty boxes and bows that mimi made! he made a mess of his cupcake (didn't try any of it) and then cried when his guests laughed at him. all in all we had a great time and i am so happy that everything went smoothly!
i am sad to say that the only picture we have of my mom (mimi) and the birthday boy is the back of her head when she was trying to sooth him after the cupcake cry! i am so upset about this and want to cry but what can you do? i told her that i want to put him in his b-day shirt again and take a picture with her when we see her next but that would be cheating. next year you better believe i will be taking lots of pictures of mimi and jack!!
jack's real birthday is tomorrow at 4:14 pm. a year ago right now i was freaking out and going back and forth to the doctor's office to see when i was going to be induced. i just wanted one more day to get ready for him and to get my nerves up about birth so i tried to make it for the 22nd but there were too many ladies already scheduled to be induced that day...so the 21st it was! so i made sure i had everything in my bag (which i had packed a month earlier). we went to mellow mushroom for dinner with jason, lori, nicolette, house, and kelly. it was a good last dinner and i ate a ton because i knew that i couldn't eat anything after that until jack was born. we played with pete as much as we could because we knew we wouldn't see him for a few days. oh sweet memories! i know i am going to be a mess tomorrow thinking back to our sweet baby boy being born and about all of the wonderful memories we have made in a year!