The Birthday Party

I want to apologize ahead of time for not only the excessive number of pictures but also their poor quality. I realized after nearly all the pictures were uploaded that I somehow lost all the edits I had done. It may sound lazy, but I'm not doing all that work again. Also keep in mind that these are just a small sampling of all the pictures taken on Saturday. My brother took many, many more pictures (professionally I might add...I love having such great connections), and I haven't had a chance to go through any of those yet.

Pre-Party:

Patrick with his Gigi in a rare moment when he's content in someone else's arms

Loving on the cat, who was immensely entertaining to Patrick

Helping decorate--He loved his first experience with balloons.

The Cake:

My mom helped me through my first attempt at making and decorating a cake. Here is the basic shape that she was kind enough to bake for me:

The Bare Bear

The Completed Cake

I have to admit that Matt did just as much of the decorating as I did. I love that it turned into a project that Patrick's parents did for him, not just his mom. Matt's pretty artistic, isn't he?

Patrick scraping the frosting off the cake--He really did love it, even though he didn't taste much of the cake itself.

The Cake Face

I just realized I didn't post any pictures of the final cake face. He ended up rubbing his eyes and hair with the frosting hands. I may find one of the messiest face pictures to post tomorrow.

The cake when Patrick got done with it

The presents:

Before

After

Sorry I missed the during. They should be among the pictures my brother took for us.

Other pictures:

Patrick with his Great-Aunt Mary as he holds one of his presents

The Birthday Boys

I love that Patrick shares a birthday with his Papa. What a neat connection!