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Our Little Man turned over his first year last week, and we decided to celebrate with a party!  :)  We invited friends, family, and all who have supported us through Burke's lifetime to come and hang out with us at Lafayette's Indoor Waterpark, Buccaneer Bay. 

We were blessed with lots of family and friends who made a concentrated effort to spend the day with us.  One of my friends from college even made a three-hour trek from Ohio with her family for the occasion!  Thanks for coming, Sarah, Andy, Joey, and Mox!  We really appreciated having you!  :)

Of course, our family was there in fine form to love on our little guy!

Burke is really blessed to have several great grandparents who are very involved in his life!

Pop and Poppa wanted to keep their girlish figures:

Really, they were just watching the Colts game in the exercise room.  :)

Aunt Megan helped keep Ruby entertained:

Nonna and Gigi helped fill in the gaps, love on the kids, and keep the party rolling:

Ruby was dressed especially well for Burke's Big Bash!

She was especially excited about her new boots:

Pink, patent-leather combat boots, to be exact!

We gathered around to sing "Happy Birthday", and then we let the little guy dig into his cake!

(Introducing him to sweet, sugary goodness)

Deciding that he really digs the sweet, sugary goodness!

Daddy used the blue icing to make a special "jersey" for the birthday boy:

(Go Colts!)

And once Burke had his fill of cake, we cleaned him up and opened a few presents.  Considering he hadn't had a nap, he was in a beautifully wonderful mood:

And when the gifts were opened, it was time for swimming:

By the end of the day, our little guy was tuckered out.  We put him (and Sister) into his (and her) new PJ's and sent them off to bed.  There were no complaints.  :)

If you think the cake looked familiar, that was on purpose:

I figure the next kid can have purple, red, green, yellow, or any other color.  But I'll be making the same kind of cake each year!  Then, I can get a series of pictures to hang on the wall.  Like these:

Man, I love these kids!  :)  I can't believe I have a one year old and a two year old (soon to be three year old!)  Where has the time gone??

Burke has his one year appointment on Thursday.  We'll be sure to give you the One Year Report at that time.  :)

Happy Birthday, Burkey Boy!  Your family loves you!!