Oh yes, there was cake.

As is customary, we gave James a cake for his birthday to demolish however he pleased. Paul and I were quite excited for this part of the birthday celebration. (Paul was very cute about it. He insisted on chocolate cake because it "shows up better". :) ) And, oh boy, James did not disappoint us.

First he was very cautious and seemed a little bit scared to touch it.

He kept pointing at it and finally smashed his hand into the frosting.

Soon, though, he was all about the frosting. He just couldn't get enough!

And eventually he was eating cake by the fistfuls. At one point he even decided he didn't need to use his hands at all:



This video shows what he was like by the end. He was just having a grand old time! :) It was so much fun.

Here's the after shot:


That is one happy baby! Then, of course, we went straight to the tub!


It was a good time.

There are more pictures and videos on the picasa album: James Turns One. As you may notice, this is a new picasa album. We filled up our other one, and we're tightwads that don't want to pay for extra space. ;) I put a new link to it on the side menu of the blog.

I still can't believe James is already a year old!