feliz cumpleaños, brazos!

May 25, 2011- Wow! How did a year go by so fast?  Just one year ago we were in the hospital welcoming our little newborn.  Fast forward one year and we're celebrating with Fiesta Grande!  Well, not too grande, just lunch with family and a few close friends.

The invitation I created:

goody bag loot



party décor



every fiesta needs a piñata

 



Brazos (refusing to acknowledge the camera) with his Godparents, Scott & Mignonne



the gifts

 

sombrero cake from Sophie's Choice Bakery



had no interest in cake mashing



at this point the meltdown began as more than one person commented "it's his party- he can cry if he wants to!"

 

he calmed down enough to take a few bites then it was off to siesta!

 

this is what i expected Brazos- not Gage- to look like after the cake!



desi got a little warm- and messy from the cake!



goody bags



piñata fun; Gage was so proud, or maybe just wondering if there were more prizes inside

 

Family photo- Casey was the only one that didn't dress in appropriate fiesta attire but that is because all he owns is blue and white shirts, Wrangler work shirts and a few random t-shirts including one from a cock fighting tournament in Mexico.  But it is black and he doesn't like to wear black other than a cowboy hat.  That shirt and how he got it is a long story to share some other time!

fun with the birthday gifts (in his dirty watermelon stained shirt), after a much needed siesta

  

After the party we decided a dip in the pool at MiMi & Paw Paw's hotel would be nice.  Pecos braved the slide...the same slide he has refused to go on ever since Paw Paw didn't catch him fast enough last year and he got dunked.  Every time we drive past this hotel in Fredericksburg Pecos reminds me that is where Paw Paw dunked him.  I think a promise of ice cream at Dairy Queen was his main motivation for going down it this time.