Monday, April 7, 2008

Happy Birthday Ben

This weekend Ben celebrated his 1st Birthday. I can't believe he is a year old! To help him celebrate, Emily made him a birthday hat. Isn't it cute?We gave him a few presents. Emily and Sam piled them on top of the couch pillows (I'm not sure why...)He was so adorable opening the presents; although, his brother and sister had a hard time not helping too much help. He loved the tent house. He crawled in and out and looked out the windows.
But his FAVORITE toy was a play phone. I picked this one up on clearance after Christmas knowing Ben would like it. HE LOVED IT! Ben loves phones and to have one that he can push the buttons and have all to himself was so exciting for him!
He would not put the phone down. He knew just what to do with it. He "talked" and "talked" and "talked" and loudly protested when Sam and Emily wanted a turn. It was so fun to see him so happy.
On Sunday we had a few friends over for dinner and cake and ice cream. Ben had a little help blowing out the candle (do you like Sam's Spiderman hat?). He obviously enjoyed his slice of cake.
Sam was more than willing to share his ice cream with the birthday day. (Do you see their matching shirts? Sam loves to dress the same as Ben.)Happy Birthday Benny! We love you so!

8 comments:

Vicki said...

What great pictures. I love his hat! Happy Birthday Ben!

Ann said...

I can't believe he is one already! What fun.

Lydia said...

Those pictures are so cute! Isn't that great that his favorite gift was a phone on clearance! Anna received this massive play hut for Easter, and after a while they were bored of it. Tommy pulled out a huge box that was as almost as tall as me. He called it the "skyscraper" and placed it next to the hut. They play in it all the time!

Janus said...

I can't believe how much Ben has grown. What a handsome little boy. I'm glad that he had a good day.

Angela said...

Happy Birthday cute boy! I love how intently he's studying that phone! How can he already be one???

Jen said...

Happy birthday buddy! I've decided that he is Hallie's future husband. They have the same cheeks.

Jenni said...

They would be so cute together!

Leslie said...

oh those cheeks! what a cutie!