Andrew Davis' First Birthday

I’ve got a lot of catching up to do here,

 so I’m going to jump back to September!

 It was our baby boy’s first birthday. 

It seems he’s been part of our family for forever,

and we can’t picture what life would be like without him in it. 

And in another way, it doesn’t seem possible

 that one year could go by so quickly,

and we have a boy toddling around the house! 

He’s such a fun child, all boy, loving all the things

 that go “vroom” and any sort of ball. 

But he also loves animals and anything

 that is soft and fuzzy. 

Andrew’s first birthday happened to be at the time

 of our family vacation to Chincoteague.

 That made it special for all of us! 

 Since we were traveling I wanted to keep things simple. 

It seemed natural to go with a boat and water theme.

  The girls and I did a few fun things ahead of time

to make it feel like a good party.

We made “bobbers” with marshmallows, red food coloring, and skewers. 

We tied them to sticks along with simple fish shapes cut from newspaper.

And little newspaper boats with fish crackers were simple things to set at each place.

The kids enjoyed the challenge of eating the dangling bobbers!

 The fuzzy animals were his favorite presents. 

We love this little man!!! 

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change."

James 1:17