Birthday highlights

Jon and I just celebrated 365 days without dropping the baby! Hooray! (Dex seemed relieved.)

Some highlights from today's party:
- Open House between 1 to 4 pm
- Forty friends in our wee house
- two dozen balloons
- two popped balloons and one crying child (not ours)
- two birthday cakes (one French orange cake and one chocolate cake)
- two unhappy cats locked in Jon's office

Milestones for Dex:
- first bite of cake
- followed shortly after by first sugar rush
- first encounter of the balloon kind (he was thrilled!)
- 365 days without being dropped

Dex had a very busy day, but he did so well. We are really lucky to have such a happy baby.

He was a little on the overstimulated side -- so many people in the house, lots of noise and activity, and the sugar for the first time!-- yet he stayed together with no tantrums. He was very tired and after everyone left, he managed to settle down for a nap. We were going to bathe him tonight to wash the cake from his hair and everything, but he was so tired, we just gave him a quick wipe to remove the first layer of sticky stuff and settled him in. He was ready for a sleep. Shhhhh... he's still sleeping now.

Will post his 12-month picture in the next few days. I'm a little pooped tonight.