Happy Birthday Chase-a-roni!

Chase gave us a gift this year on his birthday...  He slept in until 7:30!  Woohoo! :)  

Our fancy decorations and his gifts from us-- the blue chair and more binkies.

Marcus stayed home just long enough to see (and record) Chase get his presents from us, and then he had to leave for work.  Chase was really excited about his gifts.  Apparently he knew they were for him :)  Sorry he lost his cute pjs.  Guess his diaper couldn't handle the longer sleep time.

 

Testing out his new chair with some breakfast.

Then he decided to use the chair as a stool and put his binkies on the entertainment center.

Our Happy Birthday Boy

I also decided to let him have some whole milk today as a birthday treat.  I know treat really isn't the right word, but it was an interesting experience.  He was okay with it-- not his favorite.

Later in the afternoon, Chase and I went for a walk and got him some birthday balloons.  He helped carry them home.  What a helpful big kid.  :)

He liked to play with the balloons.  It was really difficult getting a good picture of it though, sorry.

After dinner, we had some birthday cake.  I made a white cake with white frosting, anticipating a mess :)  Also minimal frosting for the same reason.  It actually was very tasty.

It took Chase a minute to warm up to the idea of trying some cake.  We basically let him figure it out on his own, just to see what he'd do.

He LOVED the messy factor.

It apparently took a lot of concentration.

But he did start eating it... eventually.

And he told us when he'd had enough and was ready to get cleaned up :)

"His" side of the cake

Once he was cleaned up, he was our smiling boy again.

Playing with the balloons one more time before bed

And he is still enjoying his birthday presents.  These pictures were from the day after his birthday:

Tired boy relaxing in his chair.

Playing with the balloons before they completely deflated.

Happy Birthday, Chase!