John's 1st Birthday!

John celebrated his first birthday on October 25th. We were lucky to have just the right amount of company help celebrate: his grandparents, aunt Megan and uncle Matt, his great-great uncle Gene and Gene's friend Willene, his great-aunt Karen and his second cousin Kelly. The only no-shows were aunt Allie and uncle Josh, who were stuck in Chicago and unable to witness the cake massacre.


John got this stacking toy from his grandma and grandpa Kennedy-- it became an instant favorite.
Miranda baked a beautiful pumpkin-shaped cake (made of two mini-bundt cakes atop one another) that she frosted with cream cheese icing. John thought it was too pretty to eat... at first.

John learned to share at an early age.

After cake, we hosed John off and got him dressed again to hang out with the family. He enjoyed getting to know Karen and Kelly...

...and Gene and Willene

The next morning, he borrowed cousin Creag's sunglasses for a quick swing in what remained of the beautiful fall weather.