Well we officially have a 1 year old!
Andrew's birthday happened to fall on a Saturday and I wanted to do something special. His birthday party was on Sunday so I had a fun filled day planned. We started out the day watching our Fox 4 news channel. This was a special day because on the weekends they do a special 1st birthday segment. I mailed in Andrews picture and he was featured! He didn't win the Dairy Queen cake but he was still on TV which was awesome! To be honest, I teared up a little when I saw him on TV because he got excited.
Here he is on TV!
Here is a link to watch it just in case you missed it on TV (you have to scroll down to part 2):
Andrew took a morning nap and then we headed to Fritz's for lunch on Shawnee Mission Parkway. My sister Renee, my brother and sister in law and their kids met us there. It was a very fun experience and Andrew loved watching the trains go round and round.
Birthday boy!
Lunch at Fritz's!
A train goes around to each table to deliver the food! Very neat place. The original one is in Crown Center.
After lunch we met Matt, April and Maddox at Wonderscope. It is a hands on everything place. Here is a link to their webpage to check it out:
I think the grown ups were having more fun than the kids lol.
Andrew watching all the golf balls hit the targets.
Sorting the vegetables at the farm. Learning where our food comes from.
Playing with the Lego's with daddy.
Daddy built Andrew a car.
The next day we had Andrew's birthday party!!! Since we were in the process of selling our house, we talked to my parents and had his birthday party at their house. We got there and set up all the decorations.
The them was Winter Onederland! So I decorated with candy, gumballs, suckers and all his photo books.
Center pieces were white gumballs and red cherry suckers.
My aunt provided the balloons which Andrew loved! Thanks Aunt Audrey and Uncle Bob!
This was the collage of month pictures leading up to his birthday.
We have had that Happy Birthday banner forever!
Another balloon and the banner I made.
Goody bags filled with candy for the kids.
Birthday cake!! It was from Sam's and very delicious!
We ordered pizza for lunch and then watched a video I put together of pictures I have taken over the years. After that we unwrapped gifts and had cake! It was a great weekend spent with close family and friends. We are so thankful and feel so blessed with all the people in Andrew's life!!! Thank you to everyone that was able to celebrate his birthday with us!!
Unwrapping gifts!
Snowglobe from Grandma and Grandpa Kreutzer.
Enjoying my cake!
I WANT MORE!!!
Love my family!!!
Andrew's new chair from Jon and Leslie! Thanks guys!
Update on house: My house in Overland Park is set to close this Friday, our house in Gardner is set to close on March 31, we found a house in Columbia and they ACCEPTED our offer!!!!! We close on that house on March 31st also!!! That is going to be a busy day!!! The movers come March 26-28 to pack up the house and store our things till April 1st! We feel very blessed, thankful and a little less stressed. I will feel a lot better when we are ALL sleeping under our new roof in Columbia! Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers!
Front of the house
