Copeland's 1st Birthday Party

Copeland Ware turned 1 year old on May 19th

Happy Birthday, sweet boy!

 This was the collage his parents posted on Facebook to commemorate the day.  

He loves his rubber duckies :-)

 And this is the collage I posted for his birthday

 His parents hosted his birthday party on the Saturday following his birthday.  Aunt Jen and Copeland are checking out his balloons

 The party was scheduled at a nearby park but a couple of hours prior to party time, there was a 60% chance of rain, so Rachel and Jonathan decided to go ahead and have it in their home.

 First there was gift opening......

and in the background, a cute PowerPoint slideshow of Copeland's first year on their TV

 

 

 

 

 

 A swimsuit for summer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Every boy has got to have his balls

 

 Delicious food (pigs in the blanket, pickle roll ups, chips and salsa, and watermelon)

 And cute (and super delicious) rubber ducky cupcakes

 Copeland's smash cake (so cute!)

 

 

 The Birthday Boy and Momma and Daddy

 
Momma and her boy

 
 Daddy and his boy

 A picture of our family (Josh was once again working out of state)

Jonathan's family

Another pic of those in attendance

 Then it was eating time.....

 His turn is coming

We are singing "Happy Birthday" to the little guy

 He was very tentative at tackling the cake.....

 Finally took a bite

 

 And that's as messy as he got :-)

He did do some damage on the backside :-)

One more 'messy' pic with Mom and Dad

 Bath time!

All cleaned up and Papa getting some cuddle time

 It didn't go ahead and rain, so we all headed to the park to let the kids have some fun

 

 

 He liked the airplane

 

 Ellie does love to slide!

 

 Ellis (Matt's little girl) loved the alligator

 Laine tried to work the shovel--it was hard!

Our oldest and our youngest

The Papas resting in the shade

  Beba (Copeland's other grandma) blowing bubbles

Cousin Ellis and Laine saying goodbye

 A couple of pictures with the birthday boy!

 

 One of our gifts to Copeland was a plastic slide.  He didn't open it at the party as there were too many other gifts to open.  But it was opened later in the weekend, and this picture and video was sent to us.

He's just too cute!

 I love his squeal!

We love you so much Copeland and look forward to many more wonderful birthdays with you!