Below, Luke & Bowen get ready to blow out some candles.
First bites of cake! Luke was digging into his cake as soon as we set it down! (He inherited his mother's sweet tooth.) . . . . . First photo is Bowen, second is Luke . . .
Below, family photos (before the cake). . . You can't read them in these pictures, but Luke's T says "Birthday Boy" and Bowen's says "It's Fun to be 1!"
Below, Great Grammie & Great Pop Cathcart. (Great G'mamma Porter had to leave the party before this point).
Below, Nana Bowen holds Luke, and Papa Bowen holds Bowen.
Below, Papaw Cathcart holds Luke, and Grandma Cathcart holds Bowen.
Uncle Shane & Abel watch as Aunt Beth signs the boys' birthday scrapbook pages. Cousin Brayden tries to help.
Also above, in the center of the coffee table is the boys' CaringBook, a hardback book that CaringBridge compiled from the website we used to update friends and family during the boys' NICU stay. It's an amazing book that we are sure the boys will cherish one day, to be able to read the details of their birth.
Uncle Shane & Abel watch as Aunt Beth signs the boys' birthday scrapbook pages. Cousin Brayden tries to help.
Also above, in the center of the coffee table is the boys' CaringBook, a hardback book that CaringBridge compiled from the website we used to update friends and family during the boys' NICU stay. It's an amazing book that we are sure the boys will cherish one day, to be able to read the details of their birth.Below, a balloon that shares our party theme (thank you, BirthdayExpress.com). I bought a helium tank from Hobby Lobby. I didn't even know you could buy those - it was fun to use!
Below, the cake area set up - on the easle is a photo board (shown close up in a photo below) with some of their early NICU photos, a reminder of how far we've come in this year!
Below, the candles on their cake:
Below, a sign I made for the yard:
Below, the photo board that was on the easle (mentioned above):
Below, a wreath I made for the front door.
Below, their cake. The two baby heads were the boys' individual cakes that we removed for them to dig into. (And in case you live in Shreveport and want to know, the cake was made by a gal from Shreveport - check out www.threebabescakes.com.)
6 comments:
Happy Birthday Bowen and Luke!
Happy B-day, little ones! What an amazing year you've all had. They are gorgeous =) Congrats - it looks like you had a great time!
The pictures are great Chris and Darla! We are so sad that we were not able to make it to help celebrate, but for sure will come in March (once Michael's busy season is over) to make up for it! Can't wait to see my adorable nephews again! :)
happy birthday boys!!! darla and chris...what a blessing and i can't believe it has already been a year! great is His faithfulness!!
I love the pictures! It was great to see you - even briefly - in Las vegas!
Happy Birthday, Bowen and Luke! You are both such handsome guys, and really starting to look alike, I think. I am so grateful for being able to watch your little lives because you are two special people with two very special parents!! Love you!
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