happy birthday jar-bear!

365 days later...

What a year! Jared is 1!

Jared had a really great birthday and we were able to share it with some friends and family! Matt and Charity were in town, so they were able to come and celebrate Jared's birthday with us! As tradition has it, Jared got his own cake to do with as he pleased...which was to make a huge mess! It took him a second to warm up to the idea, but as soon as he put his frosting covered finger in his mouth and tasted the frosting goodness, there was no stopping him!

We pulled out a Slip-n-Slide for the older kids to play on, and the water run off made a mess in the dirt next to the yard. Jared was all about the mud! On a normal day if he would have looked at the mud in a way to suggest he wanted to get in it, I would have have said no way. But tonight I let him go for it (I'm making progress) until he was good and dirty from head to toe, then put him into the Slip-n-Slide to clean off.


Here are some pictures.

Opening a present from Grandma Ruth. Thanks, Grandma! We love and miss you!

His first lick.

His last lick.

Good friends, and good times