Chase had a wonderful first birthday! The day started early with a visit to the bakery and then off to the NICU so everyone could see how far he'd come. It still seems like just yesterday he decided to surprise us, and the staff were amazed to see how much he's grown. We were hoping to see some other families while at the hospital, because we'll never forget the day we met a family returning to the NICU on their daughter's first birthday. They truly brightened our day, and gave us so much hope that Chase would be fine. We vowed we'd return on his first birthday to share that experience with another family. Although we only ended up seeing the staff it is so important for Chase to continue to have all of those wonderful people in his life. We wouldn't be where we are a year later without all of their incredible efforts.
Countdown to the party! Later of course we welcomed lots of friends and family for the day's festivities:) I figured sharing lots of photos from the celebration would be best. I didn't have my camera out the entire time, so they are kind of scattered-sorry. Trying to entertain everyone this year was a little more challenging because I was also of course in "mommy mode"
Here Chase is on his new ride on Ferrari. His present from Mommy and Daddy of course. One of the later pics shows it with all the decals. The present went perfectly with the race car party theme!
I forgot to take a before shots of all of the decorations, so everything looks a bit disheveled. Oh well! Here is the road table and road course on the front porch.
Daddy's lego cars served as props. Luckily they didn't suffer too much damage from the kiddos.I wish I had taken a better pic of the banner. It said "Chase" with race cars on either side. I found a wonderful woman on Etsy that makes personalized decorations for parties!
One of many shots of the birthday cake(s) Jaime truly did an awesome job. Unfortunately she and the family couldn't make it down. (Don't worry I shared your business card with some of the guests:) The silver car is of a Honda S2K, Jas' baby he had to sell to make room for Chase.
Balloons! Thanks MomMom, Fujisan(lol) and Aunt Zandy
The next few shots are of some of Chase's little friends. Everyone had a blast!
Mason chowing down
Fletcher and his Mama
Julia enjoying the pool
Cole was all smiles
Caden looking rather serious
James. Morgan, and Brynn racing cars
Lilly and Wil getting in some pool time
Phin, Brynn, and Lilly with the ball popper. Summer managed to destroy all of the golf balls and three plastic balls from this toy. She normally never messes with Chase's toys, but she thought everything that hit the ground was fair game during the party.
Halfway through the party Chase was ready for a nap. Here he is getting in some MomMom and PopPop time.
Jackson adores Chase. I know he doesn't look thrilled in this picture, but they are so cute when they play together at daycare.
He looked like he was going to fall asleep in the cake. He soon got a second wind(perhaps from all the sugar) and was back to crawling around like a madman. We'll post video soon:)
Mommy and Daddy love you so much! Happy 1st Birthday!
Chase ended up opening his presents the next day. Well he crawled around with the balloons while Mommy and Daddy opened the presents!
With his decked out car. The decals are all meticulously aligned thanks to Uncle Adam! Check out Chase's shirt too. We had just gotten back from brunch and the soapbox derby, so he had to wear his F1 style shirt:) He loves the car, but hasn't quite figured out the dismount yet-we'll post a video soon because it sounds like he makes Vroom, Vroom noises when he's moving around!
All in all Chase's 1st birthday turned out wonderfully, and it was great to share his special day with so many wonderful people. What a loved little boy!
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