Let him eat cake!

June 1st, 2007 was a big day in the Peters family. On that day, we celebrated Kjell's FIRST BIRTHDAY! He had a big day. We started with our customary early morning wakeup (about 6:00 AM). We came downstairs at Gramma and Grandbobby's house and Kjell was most thrilled by his birthday balloon. He LOVES balloons. Once he got over the excitement of the balloon, he opened lovely cards and presents from all of his favorite family and friends. There were many favorites, including the stackable cups from Gray, Heather and his best gal-pal, Lucy. After he played and opened presents, Maija, Grandbobby and I all left Kjell in Gramma's capable hands, while we went up to Salem to try to find a house. We'd been up 5 times previously with little to no luck. Our luck turned on Kjell's birthday. We found a great house in West Salem that was right in our price range and had almost everything we were looking for (see photo in this post). We can't wait to start hosting our first visitors. Once we finished our house hunt, we headed back to Roseburg for Kjell's big night of birthday cake and ice cream. This was his second birthday cake. On Aprill 22nd, before we left North Carolina, Grandma Penny made a very cute Duck cake for our little man that he enjoyed, but without the normal mess that you expect from a first birthday. On Friday, he was much messier with his second cake. I've attached video of both below. I apologize for its length (almost 8 minutes), but he's just so cute, I have trouble editing out any of the fun! Cake #2, the messier one, starts at about the 3:45 mark on the video. Enjoy!