Jax turned one when we were in California. His birthday fell on a Friday, but his party wasn't until Saturday so we just celebrated both days.
On Friday we went to Ruby's on Huntington Pier for early dinner.
He got a special song and birthday cake that he so graciously shared with everyone.
It was a super nice day. But then again, every day in Huntington Beach is pretty darn nice.
Later that night we let Jax eat his birthday cake. He wasn't really sure if he liked it or not.
Then he got to open presents.
Uncle Hunting and Aunt Olivia bought him some Mickey ears for Disneyland.
The day wore him out!
On Saturday we had a Kite themed party. It has always been really really hard getting Jax to sleep. For months he would only nap in his swing, and it took hours to get him to bed at night time. After seeing "Saving Mr Banks" one night I had "Lets go Fly a Kite" stuck in my head so I started singing it to him during our long night of walking and patting and bouncing. He instantly calmed down. And it worked almost every time after that too. So the kite theme was born.
I tried all morning to get Jax to take a nap, but he is a horrible napper when something is going on. If he is in a new environment or with new people or there are new things to do he just thinks he is going to miss something and will not sleep. So by the time the party started, he was tired. Which is why he ended up falling asleep on the swing with Aunt Liv.
My sister Olivia helped me make the kites the night before the party. We think they turned out pretty cute.
Jax got to meet Jaiden. Im not sure if the friendship was instant, but maybe someday. Jaiden was just a little rougher than Jax is used to, but it was funny for us to watch.
It was definitely fun to celebrate our little boy. This year has been so healing for us and we love this little boy for helping us with that. Can't wait to celebrate many more birthdays with him.
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