Hank is one year old!!
We actually had a few celebrations for him. The first party was at Hank’s GG and Grandad’s house with our family who live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Then we had one a week before Hank’s actual birthday at our house with our family and friends who live locally (Hank’s village, we like to call them). On Hank’s actual birthday, we were in Ohio visiting (my brother) Ben, Nancy and James and Hank had a special birthday dinner at a restaurant in the German Village.
You may wonder as you look at the photos, what’s up with the snakes? Well, whilst we were on our last cabin trip, Ainsley (Hank’s cousin) introduced Hank to some toy snakes. Hank had so much fun (and carried them around with him most of the trip) we decided to have snakes at his party. Unbeknownst to us, Hank’s great Aunt J isn’t very fond of snakes (sorry about that) so there was an interesting moment… don’t worry, all went well in the end. Hank is also a big fan of pumpkin so instead of the usual cupcakes, I made pumpkin pies for everyone. Snakes, balloons and pumpkin pie, fun times! When we were in Ohio, Schmidt’s, the restaurant where Hank had his birthday dinner, gave Hank a pumpkin cream puff. We thought that was fitting since he had pumpkin pie at his other birthday parties. We all had such a great time! Here are some photos from his celebrations:
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- sometimes decorations are the most fun
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- Hank was fascinated with the balloons
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- having fun with a new toy
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- checking out the menu at his birthday dinner
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- Connor hangs out with Cody at Hank’s party
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- yes, the cream puff really was almost as large as his head
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- they have every birthday person wear this and take a polaroid photo
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- with Mom and Dad after his birthday dinner
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- James and Hank have fun in the wrapping paper
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- the birthday cream puff at Schmidt’s
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- we went to Schmidt’s in the German Village for Hank’s birthday dinner
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- Hank opts to forgo his utensils
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- opening presents
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- with GG and a snake
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- birthday boy (on his actual birthday)
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- tasty (fake) snake
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- family photo at Hank’s first party
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- opening presents
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- check out James’ smile
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- having a shy moment at his birthday dinner
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- Hank wasn’t too sure about the candle
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- Hank loves tissue paper
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- he thought the snake was pretty interesting
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- having fun opening presents
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- yummy pie
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- Hank isn’t so sure about the whole candle thing
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- Hank and James have fun with cutouts (or is it Sarah and Ben?)
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- James and Hank and paper!
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- more fun opening presents
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- delicious pumpkin pie
