Micah's birthday party.

Micah's birthday falls on the last day in November, right after Thanksgiving. In order to give him some actual "birthday" separateness, we celebrated the day the following weekend (four days afterward) in December. I'm just going to warn you now that there are a WHOLE LOT of pictures in this post. I'm going to try to keep the commentary down to a minimum and let the pics speak for themselves. However, I had three different cameras taking pictures (and these are the pics from only two!) so that I could combine the pictures to get a lot of details. I just know one day we will forget this if I don't blog it, so here goes. If you want to see the party details and planning, feel free to see party post #1. If you want to read about Micah's arrival into our lives last year, feel free to read this post.

Pre-party, Micah, Mommy & Daddy

Micah with his little friend Finn from church. (I met his mommy at the Women on Mission group while I was not working last fall.)

A packed house full of guests! (The back of Stephanie and George's heads, my mom, Ebin, and Angie & Lane.)

The cake

Uncle Dale joining in on the fun.

Daddy and PawPaw (my FIL)

Me, Micah, Tami & Beau (Micah's future BFF)

Angie, Lane, Lauren, and Tami digging into some food.

Tami, Ryan, Hunter (their son), and Lauren with her newly pregnant self.

Lane, Beau, and Micah playing in the kitchen

George (our former neighbor), C, and my MIL
Hannah (Beau's sis) & Micah in the front

April (Finn's mom), Stephanie & George (former neighbors)

Micah going in and out and in and out. He hasn't seen that door open so much!

Micah and Finn, nursery buds. (Finn is 2 weeks older than Micah).

Lane & Angie

The men talking

Present time!
Ebin and Hannah "helping" me



Lane opened up his present to Micah.

All my helpers--Hannah and Finn

Ebin wants to get in on it, too. Micah wasn't too happy to be contained. (Hunter in the background).







The Johnsons in the background, more helpers



Me opening up Micah's stash of presents



A jacket from his Grandmommy and PawPaw

Presents from Mommy & Daddy!

Coming to the end of the show.
We had a packed house, and our house is TINY. =)

Daddy and son

Wrapping things up in the party room

Ebin sneaks an acorn treat.

Time for cake!!
Happy birthday to you!

Make a wish and blow out the candles!
(Ok, I blew out the candle.)



He's not really sure what to think about all this attention...



Time for him to dig on into that cake!
He's kind of delicate at first.

Just a whee bit of that blue on his face during the first bit of the cake smashing.



Then he figures out what to do and really starts to go to town.



Daddy watching over Micah as he eats.



After a while, he knows just what to do!

Two fists full!

Our little family. Happy birthday, precious Micah! You changed our lives for the better, and you've stolen our hearts. We thank the Lord above for you daily. You are such a special gift in our lives. Mommy & Daddy love you!





Photo op with the grandmothers.

Micah with Mr. C's parents.

Micah with my parents.

Guests included:
Grandmommy and PawPaw
KayKay and Papa
Uncle Dale
Ebin (Aunt KerKer was sick and Uncle Jase was taking care of her)
Ms. Tami, (Mr. Lenny was out of town), Hannah, and Beau
Mr. Ryan, Mrs. Lauren, and Hunter
George & Stephanie
Angie & Lane
April & Finn
Mommy & Daddy

You are so loved! We can't wait to continue to watch you learn and grow this next year.

Happy birthday, Micah!!