Birthday Monkey Extravaganza!

So finally the moment has arrived that I know you have all been anxiously awaiting. Pictures and videos from Morgan the Monkey's birthday spectacular! We had an awesome time celebrating Morgan's 1st Birthday and all of our wonderful friends made it a truly memorable event (at least for us). Here are some highlights from January 26th.

This is my first attempt at a slideshow so hopefully you all enjoy and below are some of my favorite moments from the party.

Here is my new favorite picture in the world. This picture captures the essence of Morgan: happy, content, ready for anything and on the move!

Morgan got a little help getting the monkey party started from his friend Eliot who is wearing a monkey shirt that says "Crazy". Very fitting for these two!

Ethan helped supervise the younger boys in how to make a cool fort.

The cake was a product of my creation and said "Morgan's 1st" since that's all I could fit and had a blob that was suppossed to be a monkey head in the middle. Earlier that day Cody had tried to teach Morgan how to blow out the candle. All he suceeded in doing was burning Morgan's hand and making Morgan terrified of the whole thing. Good job dad!

I think the fact that 30 something people were staring at him, the flame had just been near him and he didn't really enjoy the hat lead to a birthday cake meltdown.

The cutest tears in the world!

After the torchurous birthday cake ordeal, we let Morgan enjoy the rest of his party with a cool new Megablocks dump truck. He loves pushing it and filling the back with everything he can find to throw in it. Thanks Gramma and Papa Goodier!

A little taste of how crazy our apartment was...too much fun!

The men giving Morgan truck advice and discussing the finer points of dumptruck maintenance.

Morgan had a blast watching the older boys play with a ball, so here's a little video of him giggling at them. My nursery buddy Kian helped me make the video.