Brady's Birthday Party Weekend

In late July we were preparing to move from Lakeview to Roscoe Village, but we had a special day to prepare for on the first day of August!  Our little baby...

...turned 1 year old!

We had his birthday party down in Cincinnati at Charlie's parents house.  We left Chicago late on Friday, August 2nd and got down to Cincy late that night.  We were tired when we woke up, but also very excited for the big day.  There was quite a bit of preparation to do.  We had to get the cake:

And Charlie and Tom had to head to Party City to get the decorations:

And then we had to do some setting up (or, from this picture, it looks like at least Leslie did some setting up):

There were a lot of people coming to the party.  Charlie's Uncle Jim and Aunt Nancy (now Great Aunt and Uncle!) were in all the way from Oregon.  Brady seemed excited!

Katie's parents Bob and Sue came over for the part as well, and so did Brady's Great Grandpa Chuck.  We had the party out on the front porch, and the weather was very cooperative!

Some of our college friends who live in Cincy came as well.  Katie's friend Lisa came, and Charlie's friends Travis, Craig, and Denny also came.  

Denny's wife Tracy had just had their baby Hank a few months earlier, so it was neat to see their little one.  

And of course Griffey came with us.  He didn't know what to do about all this commotion, but he behaved very well.  Of course the star of the day was Brady!  And he was decked out in party gear.

He enjoyed getting presents, and the most interesting one for us was the action figure of "The Miz", which was given by Travis.  The Miz was a former fraternity brother of Charlie's who is now a WWE wrestler - and has done well enough to have his own action figure!

After opening presents, the next thing was, naturally, the cake!  We sat the cake down in front of him, and at first, Brady was bit unsure.

But by the end, he had made quite a mess of himself and consumed a little too much sugar!

After the party, our family watched Brady while we went with Tracy, Denny, and Lisa to a small local brewery near Charlie's parents house - Rivertown Brewery.  It's a very new brewer that had some good tasting beers.  All in all, it was a great day and we were happy to celebrate it with so many family and friends!