Asher's First Birthday

Yea! Asher is one year old! we had a great time at the party. i had a jewelry show that morning... bad timing! so i didn't get home until about 2:30 and the party was scheduled to start at 4. thank heaven, my mom and my sister lisa and her husband pedro helped out lots and we got most things done at a reasonable time. i made a teddy bear cake for asher and it was a nightmare to frost! i had a special frosting tip to look like hair and it wasn't as easy at the picture made it look... surprise, surprise! but it turned out okay. we actually had sunshine and warmth, finally, so we set up outside and enjoyed the afternoon sun. asher didn't feel like taking his afternoon nap... bad timing again. so he was a bit ornery some of the time, but considering the circumstances, he was great as usual. as long as he had his favorite toy (an old orange hammer of my mom's), he was okay. you'll notice it in lots of the photos. he wouldn't even put it down to drink his water! we dressed him up in his designer duds (kenneth cole) and took some photos while he opened presents... okay, okay, i did most of the opening.
everyone brought such nice gifts and he'll love them all. he got a sandbox from daddy and some sandbox toys from mommy including his first tonka trucks. and also a small push-along 4-wheeler from both of us. baba gave him some clothes and a cool shape-sorter truck. heidi and tony had given his gift when we went to washington... seattle seahawks and seattle sonics track suits and a cute birthday crown. scott and maggie sent some cute clothes... thank you! lisa and pedro gave him some great clothes too. pedro picked out an oufit with a surfing print and he will be asher's surfing uncle. mat and rachel's family planned on coming, but samara was sick and rachel wasn't feeling well either, so we'll celebrate with them later. mat's birthday is april 13th and india's is the 15th so we'll celebrate them too!
Jeff's family gave nice gifts as well... Darcey and Gregg gave him a great Levi's outfit, some scooby-doo slippers and some money for his savings account. Grandma and Grandpa Hansen sent a cool jacket. Brandy and Navie gave him a safari bus that sings and came with a lion and tiger. and kiley and amy gave him a bat and ball for us all to play with. my friend heidi feser came too and she brought some cool books. one is a "petting book" with animals and another is shaped like a bumblebee and has a handle. awesome!
thank you so much everyone! you made it a really special day for us and we appreciate your support. we got photos of our puppy too, so i'll post them as well. i may be biased, but i think he's soooo.... cute! can't wait to pick him up and bring him home. asher loves animals and "kisses" (usually bites) his stuffed animals. i think he's going to have a blast with Zeus! take care and keep in touch. love to you all, MK (and Jeff and Asher)
p.s. i'm attaching some photos of Asher's latest swimming lesson too. he sits on the edge and falls to me and goes underwater. he loves to swim! i'll get some videos on youtube soon as well.