Brighton's 1st Birthday!

How cool is it that Brighton turned 1 in New York City?? I guess I'll be turning 30 in New York City, but heck actually laying claim to a number of years being alive is made extra cool by location I believe : ) With Brighty I decided to start implementing my new tradition for birthdays, which was to do whatever he wanted to do that day. Being that he couldn't speak up for himself, I took a guess. Bright is pretty much confined to either sitting in his stroller or crawling around our apartment. I've been noticing how anxious he is to spread his wings and fly. So, I decided to go find us a grassy area in Central Park, spread out a blanket, and let the kid crawl to his hearts content. And yes he loved it!

His big present from us was a giant plush teddy bear that we happened upon and got the most amazing reaction from him with. So, this is post park crawling, taking a minute to snuggle and later wrestle with his big buddy!

Brighton admiring Tori running!

My kids love cucumbers! It's so great! Brighton in general loves anything he can hold and numb on!

Checking out the grass.

Some swinging time!

Tori and I got to play some catch, Simon Says, Red Light/Green Light, Duck, duck, goose!, and practice some good ole fashioned cartwheels. 

Tori and I had picked out a monster cake we were going to attempt to make but when we got to the grocery store we found this football ice cream cake. I asked Tori if she would prefer to make one or buy this one, and we were in agreement that an already made cake seemed better.

And with football season upon us, I threw together some football grub, literally threw together.

Brighton post ice cream cake. Such a great face he's making! Love this kid!