Liam's Splashin' Fun Birthday Party

Liam got to celebrate turning 1 on Saturday. Friends and family joined us for a splashing good time!! After waking from a nap (with Grammie's help) about 30 minutes into the party, he made a grand entrance ;-)
We had favors for our friends, sand pails filled with bubbles, pool floats, squirty fish, and goldfish. Owen put them all together himself. He had walked in on Wednesday while I was doing it and asked if he could help. I showed him what I was doing, we laid out all of the components, and Owen meticulously went to work making sure that each pail had the right stuff in it. He couldn't wait to show Liam the next morning. After all that....can you believe that we forgot to hand them out at the end of the party. Augh.

Liam got his very own birthday chair!!! Here's GrandPa signing it.

And Pa signing it.

Owen making his mark...

Grammie signing the chair, with supervision from Master Owen.

We had a couple of splash pools set up, along with the beloved sand box. Owen came and sat next to Liam to wish him a "Happy Birthday, Wiam" and give him a pat on the head.
Liam with his little buddy, Noah.

Rider made the trip up here from Houston! Thank you, little dude, for coming all that way! He enjoyed the splash pools and the beach balls we had set up...that's for sure. He sure was a big mess for mom to clean up! Messy = good times, right Kim?

Liam as we are singing Happy Birthday to him. Sweet boy.

Digging into his cake after getting a little taste handed him by mama, and a spoon. He was hesitant at first. Made me momentarily question his maternity....I LOVE cake.

Eating his cake and keeping a watchful eye on a coupl'a cake thieves....

...cute cake thieves, but thieves none the less.

My big almost-one-year-old in his birthday chair!!!

Happy Birthday Party Day, Baby Liam!!!!