Thursday, February 12, 2009

Friday Fave Five, Valentine's Edition

Welcome to Willow's weekly post for
This week I am featuring ONE important event!

Because, after all, nothing could compete with a FIRST birthday!

The New Boy turned ONE year old!

He celebrated with his own yummy food.

What he doesn't know won't hurt him, right?
A Classic Pooh Hunny Pot birthday cake made by his mama.

THAT was definitely a hit.

Wooden building blocks!

His very own toy cell phone so he won't take his mama's phone and call godaddy.com (which he did!)or Australia!*

*Reference for non-parents: taken from Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

For more Friday Fave Fives, go visit Susanne's blog Living To Tell The Story.

31 comments:

ellen b. said...

Oh so sweet! I'm so happy to see these great photos of New Boy's first birthday. And yes it does deserve the whole five favorites!!

Dorothy said...

What a cute little guy that New Boy is! I love the picture of him with frosting on his fingers and face.

Unknown said...

Gorgeous and you just cannot beat blue icing when you are one year old.

Mo said...

Well, Happy Birthday, Little Dude! (great cake, BTW, Willow...too cute!)

Hope you and yours have a wonderful weekend ahead!

Jen said...

i love first birthday parties..your cake looks awesome.

Unknown said...

We bought building blocks for our first son's first birthday ... 26 years ago. They last through all three of our kids, daycare kids, and then got passed on to others. It is the most economical, practical, happiness-producing toy I think a parent can buy.

Happy Birthday to that adorable New Boy. He's a good looking fella.

Anonymous said...

How sweet! I can't believe my own little gr. baby will be 3 in June, but I do recall her 1st b.d. and I have tons of cake photos, too!
What a great cake and wonderful gifts--especially his phone! He's a tad too young to be making those long-distance calls!

Happy FFF! Dana

Jada said...

Awww, what a cutie! And great pics!

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday to your big boy! I hope he is content with his own cell phone. :-) That cake is adorable, as is the birthday boy.

Susanne said...

Happy Birthday to the big boy! So sweet! I think I like the big people food! ;v)

Knitting Linguist said...

That is most definitely a fave five all of its very own!

P.S. There are so many of your photos I love; let me go through and pinpoint a certain few. Do you still get notifications of comments left on past posts?

Tracy said...

Happy Birthday, New Boy!! First birthday already...and what a happy one it looked like. Such good food and cake...Love the photo of him with the handful and mouthful of frosting. What a cutie-pie! Hope all his birthday wishing come true...Happy Days to you all :o) ((HUGS))

Joanne said...

Happy B-day--it's a big one! :)
Willow, I've answered some of your questions regarding my book on my blog, if you're interested. hope it's helpful.

Brenda said...

I think the little kids with the cell phones are so cute!

Anonymous said...

Well, an exceptionally nice group of fives for New Boy! I like his phone very well with its big buttons -- I will have to check T-mobile next time I need a phone!

Islandsparrow said...

What a sweet birthday boy!! Glad you all had fun :)

Knitting Linguist said...

Re our other conversation :) I made a short list (man, was it hard! there were so many). You can email me, if you want, at jahlersATcsusmDOTedu (also, there's a setting where you can tell Blogger to email you all of your comments; I'll try to figure out where it is, but I think it's in the controls).

moth photo (recent)
oak tree photo on January 26th
sunset photo on January 15th
wildflowers reflected in the pond on January 7th
the umbrella picture on November 18th
the yarn on spools on October 28th
rocks and ocean on October 24th
the door photo September 3rd
and on September 2nd
the carrots on August 10th
the palms on July 17th
the keyhole on July 9th

Claudia Bugh said...

What a happy celebration :)

Homemade birthday cakes are simply the best ~ very artistic too!

Sherida said...

How fun! Happy Birthday New Boy! Little C has that same phone, only in grey. He loves it!

Karyn said...

Awww...one year old's are such a blessing! I have 2 of my own 1 yr old grandsons.

Sweet photos of a sweet baby boy.

Pam said...

Love the photos and the cake is darling!! We love Alexander around our house, too, so I totally got the Australia reference.

Have a great Valentine's weekend thanks for such a sweet post.

The Correspondent said...

What a precious main event! It made me smile. Congratulations on having such an adorable grandson.

I added the Tomato Basil Soup recipe to today's post, if you'd like to come check it out. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Caroline said...

Awwww! First birthdays are so wonderful. I remember thinking that both of my kids seemed sooooo old on their first birthdays.

Deb said...

A wonderful celebration! And may he always be surrounded by loving family and friends.

Cindy Garber Iverson said...

How precious! The first birthday is always so special when you let the baby dig into the cake. Looks like that's what happened! And blocks... what a great gift.

Cindy

Merisi said...

Oh so sweet! :-)

"Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" is a favorite on our book shelves, also a beloved performance at the Kennedy Center in DC.

gail@more than a song said...

There's nothing like a first birthday party! He's so cute that that frosting on his face. We had a first birthday for our little grandson a few months ago.
Thanks for visiting my friday five!

Marg said...

How exciting to have your little one turn a year old. I keep praying for him....and his family.
He's such a cutie...Love to all of you!

Anonymous said...

How lovely to share this special celebration with all of us. He's certainly a QT and seemed to enjoy his first birthday.
Hugs and blessings,

Jientje said...

I can't believe I didn't comment! I have been lurking apparently because I know I've seen the series with this incredibly cute boy!! He's so adorable, no wonder he's your absolute favourite!

Bethany said...

He is NOT one already, is he?!!!!! A late Happy Birthday to one of the very cutest little boys in blogland!!!! They do grow up fast, don't they?! The cake is adorable! Give him an extra hug from me!! This just made me smile!!