Sammy's 1st Birthday Party

Sammy enjoying the wrapping paper as much as the gift

Aww ... Dada hug!

Sammy not eating cake

1st cake for S.S. Klevenski

Johnny and Brandon

Well, after a false start on Saturday we postponed Sammy's 1st birthday party until Sunday due to no one showing up, save my best friend Jessica driving an hour and a half to bring Sammy a birthday gift ... thank you Jessica!! It ended up being a very nice party with Keith's mom and Mark, Keith's sister Brandie and her baby Brandon and two friends of mine and their two kids each, Anna with Christopher and Peter and Mimi with Adrian and Julian. We all had a great time eating the standard grilled party food and cake and ice cream. As expected, Sammy didn't give a rip about the cake or ice cream at all. We tried putting a taste of icing and a piece of cake in his mouth and he proceeded to smoosh the rest of the piece up and didn't attempt to taste any more of it. Seeing as he acts like juice is poison, I figured he wouldn't like other sweets either. This is, of course, totally fine with me. Sammy had fun opening his presents with Johnny's help and will surely enjoy the neat toys and clothes he received ... thank you everyone!! Johnny spent a lot of time with his youngest cousin Brandon, who is about 5 months old. At one point Johnny told Brandie that he wanted to keep Brandon and that she should trade with him and take Sammy home. LOL. Johnny was in love with Sammy when he was 5 months old too ... but now that he is old enough to compete for attention and toys ... Johnny's ready to upgrade to a newer model. Too funny! We're keeping the ones God blessed us with ... of course! ;)