The Big Uno: Part 2

Isn't that the CUTEST face you have ever seen?!? We had a fun time at our house for the party. Torbin loved the decorations and all the presents. Of course it was like any baby's birthday and he was more interested in the tv, or the wrapping paper than the gifts most of the time, but in the end he was excited about all of them! Thanks again family, you're the best!

Hey Ladies!! ;)

Torbin is our little monkey. He loves monkey, especially Curious George, so we had a monkey kind of party!! Here are the cakes, made by Anna.

Part of the decor.

Torbin got lots of books. He LOVES to read! He lounges right in and listens away. He really loves reading with his Daddy! He also got lots of socks, which he needed. Books and socks... yeah, we live exciting lives! :)

Of course, he also got a lot of clothes! This was his favorite outfit! He modeled it and posed for all the pics. He was so excited and wouldn't put it down for the longest time. We didn't get a pic of all the cute clothes because of the craziness of the night. But he will be the best dressed boy on the block that's for sure!

He was very proper as he started eating his cake. He took little bites and didn't put too much in his mouth at one time. He gradually warmed up to playing with the cake and enjoyed eating it too. But I'm pretty sure more cake was on the ground and in his high chair than in his stomach.

He wanted to share with Aunt Brittany too. She got a lovely chocolate mark on her arm. He just held her there for a few minutes. Yep, there he goes being sweet again!

Cleaning up the chocolate goatee. I guess he was trying to be cool like his uncles with facial hair.

Enjoying one of his new big boy toys! He can stand and push buttons! He'll have so much fun playing with his new toys! Mom and Dad may need earplugs... but Torbin will love it.


I read about this fun tradition in the Ensign, where the babies on their 1st birthday are to choose between a bottle, scriptures, money, and a toy. As they choose an object it will help forsee the kind of life the child will have. At first Torbin was all excited and we thought the decision would be easy, but he just stops and looks at them... with some help from Daddy he chooses one for a second and then sprawls out in front of all of them. :) We're still not sure what that will mean in his life, but it'll be fun to look back on. Yay for new traditions!