Samuel & Sydney Levy: 1 Year Old

Samuel Joseph turned ONE!

Sam turned one last Tuesday and it was a perfect day. I couldn't believe how great everything turned out. Phone calls for Samuel started at 7am, and all of our family (minus Grandpa Denny) were here to celebrate with Samuel as well as some good friends of ours. It was such an amazing feeling seeing all the people that love Samuel so much gathered together to celebrate him. The last year has been the best for Ben and I, we couldn't have imagined such an amazing little guy. This guy is always so happy, smiley and giggly. Samuel woke up on his birthday to a fully birthday decorated house, and it was too cute to see him pull down one of the signs and carry it around with him all morning. Here is the 1st thing I saw on birthday morning and then eating his Cherrio's while I made his birthday breakfast!

Everyone got to town around 2pm which was great since Samuel decided to take a 2.5 hour morning nap (I think he knew he needed to rest up for his big day) Samuel was so excited to have everyone around he was showing off his latest tricks (talking---yes it is happening, dog is our favorite.) But when it came to blowing out his candles and eating his cake he wasn't so sure what to do and why everyone was starring at him. He tried the cake but after much coaxing by Ben and I. He didn't seem interested in the cake, and more funny he didn't seem to want to get messy which is not like his usual eating behavior. Once dad gave him a taste he loved it, but if he had to choose I bet he would still prefer his bubblegum Amoxicillin.

After dinner we opened presents and Sam seemed semi-interested, and started to yawn and get tired, but once some of his toys popped out he got a second wind. Samuel is usually a very predictable kid when it comes to bedtime, but not on his birthday he could have stayed up all night playing with all of his new toys. He was so excited, he would move from one to the next every few seconds and loved them all. This kid was spoiled, definitely the 1st grandchild for everyone. This celebration also put to rest my worries of Samuel getting jipped because his birthday is so close to Christmas.

It was an amazing day that capped off an amazing year, and I asked all of our friends and family to write a little note to Samuel that he could look at when he was older (cheesy yes, but important to me) and they were better than I could have imagined. Samuel is very lucky to have such great people in his life, even thought truth be told I think we are all the lucky ones to be a part of this cute little toddlers world!