Luke turned 1 yesterday and we had a small family party for him. His four grandparents and one great-grandmother came in for the festivities. It was quiet and low-key, a nice change. We did things a little backwards: opened gifts, had cake, then ate pizza. He got a rocking horse from me and Ron. Even though it was Luke's gift we found Sam playing on it the most. The rest of the crew gave him some cute new outfits which is fortunate for him since he ends up wearing Sam's hand-me-downs.
Grandee bought this birthday hat for him. It has extra candles to add throughout the years, so I have a feeling this will be a common sight in birthday pictures for years to come. Cute...
Some of y'all may remember attending Sam's first birthday party and seeing him break out in a rash after digging in to the cake. I obviously didn't want to relive that. Sam got blue icing all over him, so we assumed he was allergic to the food coloring. So Luke's little individual cake was plain white. The ladies at the bakery baulked at me for just wanting a white cake, but I promised them it was for the best... Wouldn't you know that all my efforts to avoid "the rash" didn't pay off. Within 2 or 3 minutes Luke started breaking out with a red, itchy rash all over his face and neck. What's the deal? Ron and I make babies that are allergic to icing? That's so random! Fortunately we had some Benadryl liquid and anti-itch cream to give him. He was all cleared up within 30 minutes or so. So we're already thinking ahead to Newbie's first birthday. Do we go the safe route and get a cookie cake? Or do we let him/her enjoy their first birthday in all it's icing-glory with a dose of Benadryl at our side just in case we need it? Give us your thoughts...
Pops and B worked hard to get a picture of Luke with his balloons. He was all over the place playing with him. They finally managed to get one of him looking cute and sitting still.
It was a wonderful time with family celebrating Luke. He is such a joy and so entertaining. We love you Luke!
2 comments:
Could it be eggs?
That's an idea... I'll have to look into that. He has his one year checkup this week; I'm going to ask his doctor if he's heard of this happening. Craziness!...
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