Liam's First Birthday

We had a very low key birthday for Liam this year. We started of the morning with a present. We let him open one before breakfast. Its really funny but he is totally in to trucks and making the noises that go along with the trucks. We did not intentionally teach him that, he just picked it up. He had a blast all day with the little rubbery tonka trucks my mom got him.
After we opened a present I made French Toast with some sauteed cinnamon apples. Brody went to work a little late and we had a nice family breakfast. After that it was off and running for the rest of the day. Since our nanny is on vacation I have been taking Liam with me and he has been doing really well. We went and did some watering at the elementary school garden where I teach and while we were there we played on the slide, which he really liked and on the swing, which he did not. He took great naps today and while he was sleeping I made him a carrot cake with cream cheese icing for his birthday cake. We had a nice dinner outside and opened presents after.
Brody and I joked that we should have all the things he likes for dinner like fish sticks, mac and cheese and eggs with avocado, maybe a smoothie or some spaghetti. I settled on BBQ. He liked it and ate like a champ.
He really liked the hammer and ball toy that Monty brought with him so we found some other toys we liked by the same company. The toys are not plastic and are make with dyes not paint. The rubber wood is super durable too. This is a picture of him playing with the banjo toy. He watched us play with it for a minute and then put all the parts in his mouth then tried playing it. I love this picture, our little musician.
We also found a little drum set for him, mostly he likes to take it apart and throw it around but he drums on it too. His Mimi and Poppy got him a really cool wooden plane, he doesn't fly it around yet but he drives it on the floor and makes his motor sounds. Such a smart little manny we have. Wish you all were here for our boy's birthday. We couldn't have ask for a nicer evening to celebrate it.