First Birthday Party

Today was Andrew's first birthday party; and what a fun time we had! With Andrew turning only one, we thought it would be nice to have some family and friends over to the house. I decided on a Curious George theme as it seemed appropriate for our little monkey (invite below). We had a great turn out; and it was great seeing some folks we hadn't seen in a while. The birthday boy seemed to have a fun time--he definitely wasn't attention starved.

He didn't understand why we all gathered on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. And neither did he understand the pinata, but with Mommy's help, he took a few swats at it as he does seem to understand the concept of hitting things! He was hilarious with the cake and ice cream getting it all over his face.

All in all, I think it was a great party--no major catastrophes or issues. Mommy did have one issue with the party, but it was all on her. She didn't record us singing "Happy Birthday" to Andrew. :(

But having so many of Andrew's favorite people all here was so incredible. Andrew was definitely loving it. We feel so loved and are so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends.

Some special thank yous that we want to send out:

• Thanks to Papa and Ngoai for the food and all the help.
  
• Thanks to Nonna for helping in the kitchen and helping with Drew.
  
• Thanks to Uncle Anh Tuan for helping with various party preparations and watching Andrew during party set up.
  
• Thanks to Aunt Anh Thu for the inflatable bouncer, which seemed to be a big hit with many of the kids (and some of the adults).
• Thanks to Auntie Monica for helping in the kitchen.
• Thanks to Andrew for spending his afternoon taking pictures of our shindig (I will post his pictures when I get them--they will be much better than mine).
  
• Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate our little boy's birthday, especially the out of town guests making the drive into Houston.