Andre's First Birthday!

Andre celebrated his birthday like any 1 year-old should...with cake! He got a HUGE birthday cupcake complete with sprinkles and scalloped icing edges. He was quite perplexed at the odd breakfast. Usually he eats organic oatmeal and apples but this day was special. On this day Andre gets enriched white flour, refined sugar, chocolate "flavoring", blue dye #2, and monocalcium phosphate; all potentially processed near or around wheat, soy, peanuts, milk and eggs.

So yes we gave it to him for breakfast to see if he had any adverse reactions.

Well, if you count blissful excitement as a reaction-it happened. Andre was in heaven. His eyes rolled back and closed as he savored the sweet deliciousness. Or he may have slipped into a sugar coma-we're not sure.

Anyhoo-he survived his high-fructose breakfast and his parent were pleased to get such great pictures.

"This is the best birthday I have ever had, "Andre thought to himself, wondering what to do with his hands...

Not to be outdone by a cupcake, Andre's mommy and daddy surprised him with his "big" birthday present-A huge whale pool with a tail and a spout! He loved it and expressed his appreciation by splashing around in it for at least 10 minutes.

Yippee!

But no birthday would be complete without a P-A-R-T-Y! Andre had a pool party at the BridgeMill pool and all of his friends came. It was sort of a surprise party since he didn't know he was "turning One" AND it had to be explained to him what a birthday actually was. He was totally surprised!

Andre was also surprised that his birthday cupcake had morphed into a gigantic cupcake-cake in the shape of a "1". More sugar??Yes! That's what birthdays are all about Andre!

He was ready....

Here is Andre tearing into yet another b-day cake...

Even though no one is smiling in this picture-be assured that everyone had a blast! :) We had water toys, balloons, cake, friends, family and a tepid pool to swim in.

Splish Splash!

Here is Auntie Ay holding Andre while he let his cake digest before swimming. If you look closely you can see that the inside of his nostrils are blue. He was actually covered in blue at one point-which is dangerous at a pool because a lifeguard tried to resuccitate him. "No he's blue from icing NOT because he's drowning!!"






Here Andre's Poppy shared some of his chewing tabacco with him. JUST KIDDING! He's eating his snacks (he got lots of snacks for his birthday)

Auntie Cha-Cha held Andre for a photo. They look so much a like in this picture that we're considering a maternity test to see if in fact he's hers. Just when we thought our family couldn't get weirder.

Andre's ridiculously cute cousin Reese flew in to wish him a happy birthday. SHe didn't know what a birthday was either but Andre promised to explain to her when she was older...

Yes, having a pool party was exactly the reason why Andre wanted to be born in June. The day was perfect-full of sunshine, laughter and excitement...

All of which wore him out. Andre fell asleep on Karen eating snacks (again). He was completely wiped out from all of the birthday hoopla (plus his mommy scheduled his party during his nap time)

oh well.

It's his party.

He can sleep if he wants to. :)