birthday party pics

ok, so i had a really hard time picking only a few pictures from malachi's TWO birthday parties in california for the last update. so i decided to do another post more devoted to just the pics. what a blessed little boy to already have two parties and his birthday was still a month away! he is so loved! :)

the first party was at my parent's house up in northern california. we did it the day before the graduation so that everyone had come into town and could all celebrate with us! i made the cake and it was a lot of fun! we did lunch and then cake after.

the set-up on my parents back porch!

this new face he discovered with the scrunchy nose - so cute!

family pic before the cake destruction

not really sure what to think about the singing and the flame..

he put his hand in the frosting and then looked at me like "mom, is this ok?"

well, he clearly didn't need much convincing - two hands in now!

family pic after the cake destruction

these two pictures make me laugh so hard - malachi was very interested in the party blower my dad had until my dad blew it out in his face and then he wasn't so interested anymore! haha! :)

the before cake

when we went down to southern california to see Jeff's family they also did a birthday party for malachi - so fun! we went to this fun ice cream parlor/restaurant called Farrell's. it was intense! it is obviously a hot-spot for parties and celebrations and they make a BIG deal of every one of the parties. so it's really loud and really high energy. i wasn't sure how malachi would do but he did great. i guess he just started to ignore the noise after a while :)

there was a special sticker for malachi when we got there :)

cousin love!

that funny face again :)

Kay remembering her previous life with 2 boys 13 months apart. and Jaylon and Malachi are just about 12 months apart - pretty close to jeff and brandon's distance!

learning to walk

they came and sang to him and brought him a free sundae for his birthday :)

blowing out the candle

enjoying his ice cream

the brothers and their families (can you tell which one is jeff's brother?!?! i know... they look nothing alike! ;) hehe)

we had such a fun time celebrating our little boy TWO times already. and there is another party coming next month closer to his actual birthday. we are so very blessed with wonderful families!!!