happy birthday little man!

Dear Ezra William,
From the moment I met you I called you 'my little man'. In the hospital you laid there in the bassinet with your muscles flexed and you seemed so tough to me.

 Then as I began to take you in and really study you, you appeared even more so - your face held so many 'mature' expressions. As you have grown, the nickname "little man" has stuck and so it was only fitting that we celebrated your 1st birthday with a little man party. It was fun planning it for you and despite a few set backs in scheduling due to illness we had a great turn out and a lot of fun! I LOVE you my little man and I can't wait to see where you take your daddy and I during this life - I'm sure many FUN ADVENTURES await us!...

FUN

FUN

FUN?

NOT SO MUCH FUN FOR MOM, BUT DEFINITELY AN ADVENTURE ;-)

Now onto 'THE PARTY'...

Little signs said things like "real men eat veggies" 

Your sister took the mustache thing to a whole new level ;-)

Your uncle Andrew got you a real seahawks jersey (lynch) and since the game was on and daddy was sporting a seahawks shirt we put you in yours :-)

The Eveland 2nd cousins

Everyday you crack us up! - we are just having such a fun time with you!! I still can't believe you are mine... one of the hardest lessons of my life was learning to patiently wait for you, and in the end, 

you were definitely worth that wait!

 Happy 1st birthday bubba!!!