Liam's Batman Birthday Party!

Liam's birthday party was quite a job, but it was great!  I am very grateful for everyone that took pictures for me that day so that I could just enjoy the day.  Thanks to Lydia, Lori, my mom, and Amy for the pictures in this blog!

We started the celebration Friday night.  Amy gave Liam her present.  He was pretty excited about them!

He loved his jacket, sippy cups, and turtle tent.

Friday night I hung Batmans from the ceiling.

 The next morning Liam was so excited and kept pointing and saying "Baht! Baht!"

 That morning Liam also enjoyed some snuggles from Cody who was singing him happy birthday.

 I attempted to make a Gotham City in our dining room.  (Can you spot Batman?)

 My dad brought us a helium tank he got from a yard sale and we had Batman balloons!

 

Here's the cake.  It was supposed to have the Batman logo but it ended up with just a bat on it.  So I added Liam's beloved Batman to it

 This is the smash cake that Schnucks provides free with first birthday cakes!

 For the food we just had simple things like hotdogs, chips, beans, cole slaw and stuff.  I made labels for everything.  Caleb helped because honestly (and don't judge me) I've never even seen any Batman movies.....or really any superhero movies.

Liam's friend, Ellie, came dressed as Batwoman! 

 Ha, I'm not totally sure what's going on here.

 Her cape had ruffles on it.  :-)

 

Batman!  He wouldn't wear his mask on his face, but I thought it was cute on his head.  Actually just about an hour before the party I lost his mask and had to go make him a new one really quick.  I still haven't found the first one.

 Hanging out with my birthday boy!

 With Grandma Suzy-Q!

 Grandpa!

 Great-Grandma!

 Great-Grandpa!

 

With Aunt Amy

 

 Hee hee  Two goofballs

 Liam just being the life of the party.  :-)

 Lots of Batmans all around!

 

Stripping down so he can eat his cake.

 Ready for his cake!

 The first taste

 He can't get it in there fast enough!

 I think it might be time to get cleaned up

Heading to the bathroom for clean up.  Do you think he enjoyed that?

 I tried just wiping him down but that wasn't working so well.

 We had to do a full-on bath.

 Just some post-bath play with Batman toys!

 Time for presents!

 Ezra enjoyed Liam's presents.  :-)

 Some post-party entertainment.

I am so grateful for the love everyone has shown to my baby boy.  I'm glad that all of our family that lives within a couple of hours were able to show up to the party.  When we announced the party in the church bulletin, I really didn't expect very many other people to show up because I knew that there were other things going on that day but we ended up having a house full of people for almost 4 hours straight!  Also, I put in the church bulletin to not bring presents.  It's not that I minded for people to give him presents, but I didn't want anyone to feel obligated to get him one.  For some people gift-giving is a love language, others don't necessarily share in that.  For those who would be getting him a gift just for the sake of having something to bring to his party, that really wasn't necessary.  I also didn't want anyone to not come to the party because they didn't have a gift or didn't know what to get him, etc.  Just coming and hanging out was more important to us than the gifts.   Liam already has so many toys and clothes and things and I didn't want to be overwhelmed.  I knew that if I asked for no presents that he would get a manageable amount of presents from those who insisted on bringing them, and that's exactly what he got!  Some people blessed Liam with goodies, others blessed Caleb and me by not giving us more stuff than we know what to do with.  :-)  It was a win-win all around.

Thanks to everyone who came and enjoyed the day with us, and to those who couldn't be there but still thought about us that day.  We are blessed to have all of you in our lives!

Also, Liam, don't expect a party this big for your second birthday.  Or third. Or fourth.