1-11-11

This boy turned 1 on 1-11-11.

Sounds pretty lucky, huh? Unfortunately for him, that wasn't really the case. He was fighting an ear infection and landed at the Doctor's office on his first birthday.

He had been sick with a cold for a while and had been to see the Dr. a few weeks earlier. But on Saturday, the day of his party, he woke up with a fever. Luckily, I had only invited a few family members and most of them couldn't come. The ones who could come had recently spent time with Tyson so I figured they had already been exposed. (And my pediatrician said that Drs. invented birthday parties so kids could spread germs and keep them in business!)

We had a fun "transportation theme" party.
He did feel well enough to blow out his candles, try to eat a cupcake (hard to do when you can't breathe out of your nose) and open presents.

Of course, he did get some extra help...

Logan had a lot of fun playing with his cousins.

We saved some cupcakes to have on Tyson's birthday night. He had started the antibiotic that afternoon and was a little better. He seemed to enjoy his cupcake more.

Happy Birthday, Tyson! I can't believe you've grown from this

to this

We love you!