Birthday Boy!

Ryan is 1 year old today! We can’t believe how blessed and lucky we are to be the parents of this adorable little boy with such a sweet and funny personality. We celebrated his birthday with our families on Saturday -- and there will be more cake tonight, of course.

Some pre-party playtime with his cousins:







Cake time!


Ryan had his own "smash cake," but either didn't know what to do with it or didn't want to get messy :-)




After getting a taste, he figured it out (or decided it was worth the mess).






Not much of a mess on his face compared to the average first-birthday celebrant, but he did manage to get some icing in his ears and hair and all over the chair.

He seemed more interested in the presents than the cake.



There won't be many more birthdays where the presents are bigger than he is!





While Ryan's birthday has been a day of celebration for our family, we imagine that his birthmother must be feeling some sadness today and must often wonder how the beautiful baby she gave birth to 1 year ago is doing in his new home on the other side of the world. We are thinking of her today and hope that she will be comforted to see Ryan looking happy and healthy in the yearly pictures we’ll be sending her.