Zachary's First Birthday

On the actually day of (August 10th), it was just Mommy and Daddy all to himself for the whole evening, and we played non-stop till bed-time, tag, peek a boo, ball, and general tickling! We really had a great time, and what a great way to spend a first birthday, just being adored by your parents! The big celebration was not till the 18th, so that Nana and Papa could be here. What a celebration it was. You may remember the storm we got that evening, pretty bad, but it didn't put a damper on the festivities at all, we partied hard! We had a construction theme, Zach's cake read, "Zach digs being 1", it was such a fun theme to do! I found some things a long time ago (at least 6 months) and thought it would be so cute, and it was! I got a catalog called Celebrate Express ( www.celebrateexpress.com )and they had the neatest construction cone cups and I also found hard hats for party hats (so cute!).
Notice the matching theme shirt, I just loved it, it was a must have! Very reasonably priced, I thought, too. The cake was Price Chopper again, because they really do good work. Zach is not a big fan of cake, he really hates to get his hands messy too, so the best part of his cake, he thought, was the trucks on top. He wanted those imediately and played with them while everyone else ate cake. He did have some of the Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream, which is his favorite! For Zach's first birthday I made a list of "Zach's Facts", I think everyone enjoyed getting to know some special things about him.

Zach's Facts
Actual birthday is August 10th, 2006
Weighed 8 lbs 8 1/2 oz. at birth
Was 19 1/2 inches long at birth
He was born at 10:28 am, C-Section
He rolled over for the first time from back to front January 5, 2007
He rolled over front to back January 25, 2007
He crawled at 6 months of age.
His first tooth broke through on February 16, 2007
His first word was "Papa", second word was "Dada", third word was "Dog"
He walked for the first time August 1, 2007
He prefers a pacifier over his thumb
His favorite toys are balls and cars
He would rather be spoon fed than eat with his hands (too messy)
He loves to be startled or scared, he thinks it is so funny
His favorite music to chill out to is Aerosmith
He HATES diaper changes, but would rather not wear clothes
He loves baths and swimming
He tackled climbing the stairs at 10 months old
He started coming back down them on his own August 2, 2007
His favorite all- American food is McDonald's french fries
His favorite ethnic food is anything Mexican, he liks it spicy!
His favorite drink is apple juice or pop (thanks to Grandma!)


How did we get from this tiny little newborn, to such a big boy?







I love getting everyone's predictions about the kids height, and career choice and reading their best advice. It's something I have done at first birthday parties before and we did it again for Zach.
Some of guesses for height were 5'7", 5'10", 6'1", and some of the career guesses were "President at Frito Lay, Architect, Contractor, and Dump Truck Man (That was cute)." Everyone has great advice too! "Make sure your walls are straight and your head is straight too," "Listen to God and do His will," and one more good one, "Remember no matter how much you think you know, be patient with your parents, they still know more than you do.", all great advice! Thank you to everyone who came and shared in the celebration and thank you for all the good advice!