Joel's 1st Birthday

Yesterday Joel turned 1 year old. Kind of hard to believe it's already been a year. We had a party at our house with a bunch of family--14 adults and 6 kids in our little home. It was kind of crazy but a lot of fun. We love our Joel-boy!

Birthday boy and Daddy

He was hesitant until I put a piece of cake into his mouth, then he was into it.

Sharing his cake with Grandpa

Cake's all gone. We are not pleased.

It was utter chaos opening the presents. I think everyone BUT Joel opened his presents. :)

He was perfectly content to play with (and try to eat) the wrapping paper.

The quietest time of the party--everyone eating spaghetti and meatballs--kids at the table, adults in the living room.

Sittin' and spinnin' with Grandma.

All the pictures we took of Joel's birthday are in our web albulm, so if you want to see more click here. (You should check it out just to see Maggie's spaghetti face.)