Carter's 1st Birthday!

Sorry folks, this is gonna be a long one..

Carter was born November 4th of last year, just about 10 hours after his 2nd cousin, Liam Kaufman. So since their birthdays are only a day apart, we had a joint party at Kangaroo Zoo! (The party was a few days before Carter's actual birthday).

Carter was soooo tired since he skipped his afternoon nap, but he did great, just running around and "jumping" on the blow-up toys.

This was how Carter started out his birthday... dead asleep when we got there.

He only got about 20 minutes of a nap.. but when he woke up he was happy as can be

 Here's my awesome cousin Doug, with his son, the other birthday boy, Liam!

 Carter chillin in the birthday chair, waiting for cake. Love his crossed ankles =)

 Best little buds eating their pizza! Or maybe it's just Carter hogging it all...

 We managed to trick Carter into wearing a birthday hat, but Liam would have none of it! Poor guy was very upset. But look at their delicious cake!

 Daddy and the birthday boy

 On his real birthday, Grandma Belinda came to town to come celebrate... he got wayyy too many presents but he's loving life right now. I love his new coat from Grandma =)

 Carter with Grandma in his new big boy car seat!

We went to La Jolla Groves for dinner- not that it's Carter's favorite, but we all like it! On the way we stopped at this super cute toy/candy shop called Blickenstafs and let Carter play around. He liked riding the horsey. 

 You can vaguely see some dogs in the background.. Carter would walk up to them and suck on their noses lol

 Carter opened his presents and loves them. This little musical stand is from his Uncle Ryan, I get a kick out of watching Carter push the buttons

 Magnets, with his little tin box... major hit. They end up ALL over the house, but hey, maybe he'll be spelling in just a few months? ;)

Carter's birthday cake, yes another birthday cake. Nothing fancy but he ate his whole piece plus ice cream!

 Sadly blurry, but his little face was so funny!

 I think he enjoyed it, yes?

I love my little peanut!!