A Happy Birthday to the Cutest Little Boy in the Entire Universe

Well, last week was Kale's 

FIRST birthday!!

I realize it has taken me a week

and a half to post pictures.

Just listen, I have a perfectly 

reasonable explanation...

but it's really long and complicated

so I'll just skip it and get

straight to the cute

little guy :)

We had a super fun day with Kale.

I tried to document as much as

possible so that I could

put lots of pictures up

so that the audience 

might be better able to imagine 

they were there too.

And so, before posting the pictures, 

I simply warn you that there 

are MANY. 

Enjoy:

So we started the day with presents from Mom and Dad.
Tyler gave him this adorable monkey bean-bag chair.
Kale loved it immediately.
Mom gave Kale a few Hot Wheels cars and
another toy I'm not quite sure
how to put into words without sounding
idiotic, so I'll just say it's a learning toy :)

Look at all those presents!!!!
(that blue and green box is the toy I gave him)

The camera was distracting him from the task at hand.

Kale is thinking, "Sheesh Grandma Pam! You gave
me a ton of great presents!"
That's verbatim. I swear.

Kale loves those little cars :)

 

If Kale could, he would probably read those books all day.
I know the expression on his face in this
picture would persuade you
to believe otherwise, but
pictures can be deceiving.
That's why you shouldn't believe tabloids.
You should believe me.

We had a very "efficient" way of opening the presents.
Kale and I make a good team.

Snazzy shoes "from" Uncle Dain! ;)

After opening presents we went out
onto our sad little patio area
to blow some bubbles.
Kale was more interested in the
bubble wand than the bubbles themselves.

Birthday pictures with the 'rents!
(yes mom, I do realize that the shirt I'm wearing has
flowers on it. As Rocketman sort of once said, I'm 24 years old, I'm
almost a full-grown woman!)

Kale trusts his daddy 100%

While daddy was at work, we went to the park,
and I watched Kale climb on everything.

Playing with his new toys!
Look, at that mischievous face!

Birthday cakes I slaved over :)

Kale didn't really eat the cake,
he mostly just played with the frosting.

And that was his birthday!
It was really wonderful.
And it was made that way because of how loved he is
by everyone in our family.
A special thanks to Grandma Pam, Grandpa Pat, Aunt Laura, Uncle Clint, Addison, Kolbi, Aunt Janie, Uncle Mark, Josh, Rubie, Gracie, Uncle Shane, Aunt Realyn, Sadie, Great-grandma Estes, Nana, Poppee, Uncle Jake, Uncle Kyle and Uncle Dain. (Phew!)
We really appreciate the presents you sent, the cards you sent, and the phone calls.
We missed you all so much that day,
we wanted so badly to share it with you all.

The following pictures aren't from his birthday
but they involve birthday presents.

Go Iowa!!

This is the coat we got him from
Grandpa Pat!