Gibson's First Birthday Party - Hog Wild!

Gibson's First Bithday Party

Since Gibson's birthday is during football season, we decided to take advantage and do an outside Razorback themed tailgate birthday party!  And for us professional tailgaters, this was a fun and easy party to put together.

And I LOVE how it all turned out.  All of the food/drinks were Razorback themed...i.e.  "Bacon" cheeseburgers, "Hog Wild" red koolaid, Hot Dogs, etc.

 My precious, 9-year-old niece Lawson (who was probably the MOST excited about this party) called me the week before to see if she could make these Razorback-shaped jello jigglers for the party.
PERFECT!!

It wouldn't be a tailgate without our Razorback tent (even though the backyard was shady and it was pretty unneccessary)

Inside gift table that looked cuter in life and with better lining.

We had it the day after Thanksgiving at my Mom's house so that everyone would already be in town (or at least a shorter drive away).

Of course, Mom and Dad pulled out there bounce house that makes any party more festive.

And Gi-Gie and Big Bird drove down and of course, wore there Razorback attire.

(On a Razorback game day, this is there usual attire anyway.)

Then we did a little tailgate grilling.

A friendly Game of Baggo

And a prayer before it was time to "Pig Out"!"

We all sported these cute Razorback tatoos on our faces...some in support of the Razorbacks who were playing LSU a little later that day...but some just in support of Baby G even though they had no Hog love or even an interest in sports whatsoever!  (Thanks for playing along, Aunt Val!)

Despite the 100 food options, Gibson was having none of it...so I made him his favorite...a good old-fashioned PB&J.  Doesn't that face say it all?  MMMMM...

I just LOVE what great sports everyone was to come out in their FABULOUS Razorback Red!!

 It was a cold day...so after lunch, we took a break and came in to sit by Doo Dad's warm fire and open presents.

I'm really distrubed that I may not have gotten any pics of his customized shirt?!?

His Aunt Ashley made it for him.  It had his name and a Razorback on the front and a #1 on the back.  You can kinda see the number one here.

It was colder than I was expecting, so he mostly wore a Razorback jacket all day that kept the shirt covered.  At least the jacket was super-cute and appropriate!

Then back outside for the cake!

 

 Gibson wasn't so sure! I can't blame him after looking at the pic! That is a LOT to process!

I had intentionally not given him any cake in his life because I was saving it for this occasion AND...
Gibson did NOT like his cake!  This was a first for me!  =(

 Look at his face...Someone help!

 After cake, Gibson went in to nap.  The rest of the kids played outside all afternoon. 

And the men followed Gibson's lead!

At least until game time!  I'm telling you, this is a party everyone can love!!

Happy 1st Gibson! 

Thank you everyone for celebrating with us!!

Gibson is 1!!

He's 1!!!

Stats:

Height - 31 1/4 inches...90th%

Weight - 23.6 lbs...50th%

Head Circumference - 18 1/2 inches...70th%

So he's tall and average and YUMMY!!

 He's really sweet!

He gives hugs.  (not on command, but when he feels like it and I seem to get a LOT!)

He lays his head on my shoulder when he's tired (but just for a minute)

He loves soft things!  If you lay a pillow or blanket down on the floor, he will come over and lay his head down on it (again, just for a minute, then he's off and busy again)

Milestones:

He has taken 3 steps

He's totally off bottles and formula

Eats only table food

Still taking 2 good naps a day

has 5 teeth

can roll a ball back and forth with you

 In fact, this is the first "boy-ish" thing I've noticed about him.

He LOVES balls.  He loves to play "catch" or just roll a ball on the floor on the ball and chase it.

It's one of the things they give him in the church nursery they give him to keep him happy.

AND I think it's the only word he knows.  He doesn't say it, but if I tell him to get his ball, he seems to look for it and go and get it.  Not so much mom or dad, but ball I feel pretty confident about.

He still ALWAYS immediately crawls over to lay his head on his bumper whenever he goes to sleep.

It's like his own little pillow.

 Oh...and the bedhead...

 Don't know if you can see it well enough in these pics, but his hair is always sticking up on the sides of his head.  I can wet it down, but as soon as it dries, it's back up again.  Fabulous.

He's into everything.  And by "into" everything, I mean literally IN everything.  The girls were always content to just open doors and pull everything out...he likes IN the cabinets.  He also likes to open girls drawers of clothes and pull everything out...cracks himself up every time he throws something on the floor.

 And he still drools...A TON!

 He's very ticklish and very happy most of the time, but we are starting to see some evidence of a temper.  The temper mainly shows itself when he wakes up and wants his milk.  He wants it RIGHT THEN!!  Not after you change his diaper, not after you play peek-a-boo, or walk down the hall.  Immediately.  I've learned and he has me trained to have it ready BEFORE I go to get him out of bed.

 One other cute thing that he does a lot right now and is grabs your hand to pat his mouth while he makes noise...making an "Indian" type sound...will do this FOREVER!

He went to his first pumpkin patch this month!

 As well as his first Fall Festival

 And just may have been the cutest elephant there has ever been!

We had his 1-year-old pics taken this month as well so I'll post a few here:

Pretty handsome little fella!!  (Although I'm a bit biased)

And finally...for the last time (tear)...the outtakes of his 12-month pics with me...

 Your taking pictures again?

 Of me?

 OK.  I'll smile, but I'm going to be moving constantly so good luck!

What?  We are all done with these monthly pictures forever?!?

Hip, Hip, Hooray!!!!