Christopher's Golden 1st Hungry Caterpillar Birthday

Who would have thought one year ago, how much Christopher Camille would eventually grow? Our Very Hungry Caterpillar turned 1 on July 1, 2011!

Christopher began his day with a birthday breakfast!

Christopher got to smash his first birthday cake!

He LOVED playing in the cake more than actually eating it.

Christopher had a Very Hungry Caterpillar birthday party!

All his guests signed a copy of his birthday copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

On the mantle we hung a 12 Month Photo Caterpillar of Christopher.

We served all the foods that the Very Hungry Caterpillar ate through in the story.

including chocolate cake & ice cream cones!

Mae Mae made Christopher's Very Hungry Caterpillar birthday bubble.

Christopher loves his Nanny Nat!

Time for my 1st birthday party!

Everyone sang Happy Birthday & Christopher loved the red icing!

All of Christopher's sweet stroller friends came to celebrate!

We are EVER grateful for all of the prayers & support that were outpoured onto Christopher when he was born prematurely! We are so thankful for his growth & development over his first year of life. He has done so well! Thank you to all of you for your prayers & support!

Much love & many blessings,

Mauree

11 Month Recap

I'm so behind on my blog post! Our summer has been quite busy the past few weeks; however, I'm going to try to catch up! June seemed to fly by & I feel terrible, but I can barely remember what Christopher started doing in his 11 month of life. As I look back at our June pictures three stood out to me. The first is a picture of Christopher facing forward in his new big boy car seat. We had the safety council install his car seat mid-June (a few days early, but the next appointment opening wasn't until August). He loves facing forward & being able to see out the windows & of course Mommy can more easily access him, if he needs tending to. Secondly, he is pulling up on everything and walking along side things. So I guess some steps might come in the near future : ) Papa went to Honduras on a mission for almost two weeks in June. However, we managed & did very well! Christopher was VERY excited to see his Papa when he returned home though. We were very excited that Christopher's first birthday was approaching & we could not wait to celebrate his GOLDEN/FIRST birthday!

Much Love & Many Blessings,

Mauree