Birthday party - part 1 - the DQ party with his birth family

So since we were in Utah shortly before A-man's first birthday we wanted to celebrate with his birth family as well. A couple of days after the blessing we met up with his birth mom and her family for a pre-birthday party at Dairy Queen. They had brought presents for him and wanted to have a little more time with him before they went home. It was also nice to visit with them without all the crowds that were there at the blessing. I was a little sad that A-man was a little grouchy that day - I wanted them to be able to see him when he was super happy but him on a grouchy day is still amazingly cute! Here's the party crew...




His birth family spoiled him and gave him so many gifts - actually I don't know if you can spoil a baby. They need all the love they can get and they don't understand spoiling so I had no problem with all the love they were sharing with him! They gave him so many awesome presents. We had a blast opening them all up - A-man still doesn't understand opening up presents so we helped him out a little.

Opening - or not opening - his gifts

Here is a run down of all the great gifts they gave him...(hopefully I can remember them all). He got tons of adorable clothes and they were all the perfect size for him to grow into it.


A-man with his birthmom, Stormie, and a shirt she gave him.


Trying out his cool hat & awesome bibs

He got some great videos that he has already started to watch... and a fun Easter book and a Hop coloring book (we are still working on coloring not eating the crayons).




Then he got some sweet stuffed animals - a stuffed pengiun that makes noise and a snoopy puppet. Both of which he loves!


And now for his favorite toy (for this month) - they gave him stackable trucks that make noise. He loves cars, trains, trucks, and buses - if it has wheels then he thinks it is the best thing ever. He is pushing these trucks/buses everywhere around the house - you can even see in the pictures how he is eyeing those wheels.





His birth family was super sweet to me - they gave me the sweetest gift - some lotion, bath stuff and then a beautiful Willow Tree Statue. I already have it set up in my room and always remember the sacrifice Stormie made to help us become a forever family.


Happy Pre-Birthday Aiden!