P is for Parker

was the 'theme' if you will.

along with teal and orange because i like those colors.

and i'm going to take advantage of picking everything before he gets to.

the party was on sunday, the day after his actual birthday.

luckily he has no clue about days of the week yet.

but unfortunately he was sick.

of course!

he'd been snotty and coughey and ridiculously clingly all week.

here's the snot i've been dealing with:

the morning of his party

lovely.

so i debated taking him in friday but he never had a fever.

come to find out monday morning at his well baby visit

he has his very first ear infection

sad face.

horrible mother moment for making my kid suffer for a week.

suppose he's going to be one of those that doesn't get fevers often, like his mother

even though he's still sick.

needless to say,

he was such a trooper through the entire party though.

snacks included:

pizza

pretzels

peanuts

popcorn

circus peanuts

pringles

pickle roll ups

decorations made by yours truly.

and the party arrives

patty cakin'

present time.

he totally surprised me and kept his attention long enough

to open all of them. 

getting some help from his brother-cousins

the cake he wanted nothing to do with.

i knew he was 'anti-food' but was still optimistic

he'd dig in his cake.

not so much.

these are the only 2 decent pics i got with is mini-cake.

forgot to do one here with me and d

and i'm still pissed about it!

so he smashed for approximately 1 min.

i tried shoving some in between his tightly closed lips.

no such luck.

then came the whining and begging for me to hold him again. 

poor thing looks sick with those dark circles under his eyes :(

 so as soon as he went do for his nap...

the bigger kids got to swing at a Pinata.

swinging so hard his eyes close :) 

youngest to oldest they each got a turn.

the crowd waits in anticipation...

and when you think it can't get any more hoosier

bring out grandma's cane! 

success! 

we ended the day with a game of

'how many people does it take to put together parker's slide?'

even though the cardinals lost,

the day was a winner in my book.

he got an entire winter wardrobe,

toys that will entertain him for hours (hopefully)

and great quality time with both sides of the fam.

happy 1st birthday sweet p!

carpe diem

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