Silas & Zoe have a lot of love in their lives. This year all that love translates into two birthday parties! When we started planning their 1st birthday party in September, the guest list was getting so long that we decided to split things up. We had a "family" party last weekend (aka, the Dutra family since all my peeps are in the midwest); the "kid" party will be on 10/30 (which will be all of our friends and S&Z's friends).
On the day of the family party, S&Z were good helpers as usual. Here they were helping Daddy with the beer cooler!
After a good morning nap and lunch, it was time to put on their party clothes! Unfortunately they both had a fever on the day of the party. They had their 12-month immunizations the day before, and for the first time ever they had a bit of a reaction.
They patiently waited for the guests to arrive.
Once the party got started their second cousin, Johnny, helped keep them busy.
We had an awesome spread of food,
And as usual, the men congregated in one area.
We had the honor of Uncle Larry making their birthday cake! Larry also made our wedding cake, and I feel so blessed to have had him bake us such wonderful treats for two important occasions in our lives! This picture doesn't do the cake justice - it was a boston cream style cake, decorated with fresh flowers!
Zoe and Silas weren't quite sure what to do being the centers of attention.
As usual, they looked to each other for guidance (or maybe they were just making comments to themselves about how funny the other one looked wearing a silly hat).
They tried a little bit of cake, and you can see by the looks on their faces that they were pretty partied out by this point.
Zoe made her tray look like a piece of cake art, whereas Silas was very neat with his cake.
Zoe the artiste needed a clothes change following cake (many thanks to Wendy for the adorable backup clothes!).
We also managed to get a 3 generation Dutra family photo before the guests of honor hit the hay.
Everyone was so generous with birthday gifts, and S&Z had tons of fun opening everything up after the party! We opened a few gifts with Grandpa Dave and Grandma & Grandpa Dutra,
And they opened the rest on Sunday morning with Daddy and Grama & Grampa Westerlund on skype.
It was wonderful to be able to celebrate with so many loved ones. We are excited for party #2 next weekend!
On the day of the family party, S&Z were good helpers as usual. Here they were helping Daddy with the beer cooler!
After a good morning nap and lunch, it was time to put on their party clothes! Unfortunately they both had a fever on the day of the party. They had their 12-month immunizations the day before, and for the first time ever they had a bit of a reaction.
They patiently waited for the guests to arrive.
Once the party got started their second cousin, Johnny, helped keep them busy.
We had an awesome spread of food,
And as usual, the men congregated in one area.
We had the honor of Uncle Larry making their birthday cake! Larry also made our wedding cake, and I feel so blessed to have had him bake us such wonderful treats for two important occasions in our lives! This picture doesn't do the cake justice - it was a boston cream style cake, decorated with fresh flowers!
Zoe and Silas weren't quite sure what to do being the centers of attention.
As usual, they looked to each other for guidance (or maybe they were just making comments to themselves about how funny the other one looked wearing a silly hat).
They tried a little bit of cake, and you can see by the looks on their faces that they were pretty partied out by this point.
Zoe made her tray look like a piece of cake art, whereas Silas was very neat with his cake.
Zoe the artiste needed a clothes change following cake (many thanks to Wendy for the adorable backup clothes!).
We also managed to get a 3 generation Dutra family photo before the guests of honor hit the hay.
Everyone was so generous with birthday gifts, and S&Z had tons of fun opening everything up after the party! We opened a few gifts with Grandpa Dave and Grandma & Grandpa Dutra,
And they opened the rest on Sunday morning with Daddy and Grama & Grampa Westerlund on skype.
It was wonderful to be able to celebrate with so many loved ones. We are excited for party #2 next weekend!
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