Chase's First Birthday

Chase's birthday was a special day. Mommy took off from work to stay home with her little man (and prep for his party!) and we had lunch outside.

Chase played on his swing/slide set and enjoyed the grass (yay suburbs!)

When Daddy got home, we took Chase to get his first haircut!

Here's the before:

During:

After:

He was pretty good for most of the cut, but got whiny and started crying about 3/4 of the way through. Luckily the barber has been doing this for years and knew all the tricks. He gave Chase a toy car to play with, pointed out the ceiling fan, and told Mommy where to stand so he could get the right part of his hair cut.

Afterwards, we took Chase out for dinner because he LOVES eating out. He also eats much better when we are out at a restaurant because he's distracted. Chase had his food and some mac n' cheese off the menu, as well as a big boy cup of milk.

He also discovered birds and what happens when you drop your food near them.

After dinner, we stopped at one of our favorite places, Fancy Cake's by Leslie, which has delicious cupcakes. Chase got a white cake with buttercream cupcake for his official birthday celebration.

We got home, stripped him down to his diaper, sang happy birthday, and let him have his cupcake. (Video of this is forthcoming.)

He wasn't too impressed with the flavor, but loved the texture.

It was a great day!