Sunday, March 18, 2012

Zachary’s First Birthday

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Our Little Charmer

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We started the day off upstairs with presents from us and our family.

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Opening his new puzzles, which he loves to take the pieces out of and carry around.

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He is bored with the turtle raincoat, but we liked it.

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He loves his giant turtle!
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Then Z took a couple hour nap and we prepared for the party. 

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We had a piñata for the older kids to stay entertained and get prizes from.

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After the piñata we moved to the cake eating event which was a disaster as you saw previously in the video. 

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Notice the cake is gone because he threw it. 

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Austin gave Zachary a quick bath and then we moved to present time. 

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It was great to have the older kids there, as you see Piper doing in the above picture, they would do the work to get the toys out of the packaging and down to a toy he can play with after Z opened out of the bags.

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Then Z put on his special birthday shirt that his Mama and Dada got for him.

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And as people starting to leave the core group began a game of kickball that lasted quit a while. 

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Followed by an end of the night fire and s’mores once Zachary was fast asleep.  It was a fun day from start until finish and a wonderful year for us with Baby Z!

8 comments:

Esther said...

We love you Zach!! And congratulations on your status as a big brother! Glad you had a happy birthday!

Amber said...

Wow, congrats to you all! How exciting! Zachary is gonna love being a big brother! Loved all the pics! The cake eating was priceless! :)

Janna said...

His party looks so fun! Wish we could have been there!

And CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! SO excited for another Baby Rabe!

Cheryl said...

Grandpa Dan says, "Even though Zachary is a 'non-cake eater,' he is still as cute as a button!!!

Cheryl said...

And congratulations on the news of a new family member coming!!!

Eric said...

Happy Birthday Zach and congrats on being a big Bro!

Anonymous said...

Great pictures! I love Zach's new shirt from his parents - Congratulations :) We're excited for all of you!

Mike & Kristy said...

Congratulations! How fun for all of you. And Zach's 1st birthday looks like it was lots of fun :)