This weekend was crazy busy. Jenny and her family were home to celebrate for Jessica's bridal shower, Gus's first birthday, and otherwise take advantage of the holiday weekend. Saturday evening, after Jess's shower was over, everyone came to St. Louis for Gus's birthday party. Kevin made two recipes of BBQ ribs for the festivities.....I think he did this so people could taste both and vote for their favorites, since I like a different recipe than he likes. So I guess he got more votes for his favorite recipe, which means mine might be out of the rotation. So sad.....
Despite the heat, we sat outside....sadly I don't have room in my little house for 15 people. But I think everyone survived. Here's one table of our guests:
And here's the other table. Of course Kevin isn't looking at the camera.....just as well, since his eyes would have been closed.
Even though Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Plocher couldn't make it to the party, Great Grandma still made Gus's birthday cake! It was perfect, and Gus loved it! This was while we were singing Happy Birthday.
On top of the cake was a clown, which became Gus's personal cake. I'm not sure how much cake he actually ate (he mostly ate the icing) but he seemed to enjoy it.
Then it was time to open presents. Here is Gus's first present from Aunt Jess, some Mega Legos with firetruck related pieces. He loves it!
Aunt Jackie got Gussie a pair of sunglasses. I think he's taking them off in this picture....they certainly didn't stay on long. We'll work on that.
Mr. Gus got all kinds of great presents, but showing you pictures of all of them would be very boring. Our house is still a bit of a mess from them all. Gus did great at the party though. I put him to bed around 9pm, and he fell asleep while taking his bottle like he usually does. But as soon as I laid him down, he popped right back up and was jumping up and down in his crib. TOO MUCH SUGAR!!!
We are so grateful that everyone could make Gus's first birthday so special!
This is just a random picture from this weekend of Gus playing the piano. He recently discovered it and likes it very much.
Sunday Kevin wanted to go to the air show downtown. Considering Kevin doesn't usually like to go places, I was glad to go with him. It was pretty nice out - a perfect breeze! Gus enjoyed being outside and seeing all the people.
The afternoon of July 4th we went to Janeice's parents for some pool time. Gus had been swimming before with Aunt Jess, but I had never taken him. He seemed to like splashing in the water. You can see my awesome sunburn from the airshow. I'll need to work on that before Jess's wedding and the strapless bridesmaid dress.....
Gus loves the noodles!
One of the best parts of the weekend was Gus getting to spend time with his cousin John. The last time John was here, Gus was barely mobile. So now it was nice to see them interact a little more. Here I think John is explaining to Gus how the sink works in the fake kitchen.
There are fire trucks galore at grandma's house, and the boys were taking turns/fighting over which ones to play with. Here's one that makes a lot of noise.
We had a very exciting and exhausting weekend! But it was so nice to spend time with the family, and especially to see Jenny and Charlie and John. Thankfully they'll be back in less than two months for Jess's wedding!
Since yesterday was Gus's actual birthday, we had to give him a present. Here he is climbing on it before he realizes he's supposed to open it.
Almost there......
It took Dad 5 minutes to get it out of the box, but then it was time to play! Gus claps in approval of his new toy.
We (and by we I mean Kevin) also got Gus a swing set. I wanted to take pictures of him with it yesterday but forgot. Gus took cupcakes to day care for his birthday. Then last night we went to the gardens to celebrate with Grandma June, and my friends Jen, Sarah, and Keith. Gus had yet another cupcake! It was a fabulous first birthday for Gus!
And one more celebration to go......
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