Jon's Birthday

We spent the morning in a flurry to clean the house and put out the extra chairs. I took care of Jonathan while Simon went to buy the ice to chill the drinks. We catered from one of Simon's aunt and soon after the buffet spread was laid out, we received out first guest. Simon commented that it was a wedding lunch coz we had like about 60 adults and kids in the house!

Jonathan was happy to see so many people in the home. He is like me, we get our energy from being around people. He enjoyed being carried by people, and was constantly turning his head here and there to check out the guests.

When we put out the cupcakes on the coffee table, our guests were surprised. They have not seen a cupcake stand before. I am very happy with the way the cupcakes turned out. But it may be a bit of an overload of cream cheese coz it's in the cupcakes as well as the frosting! Jonathan quickly swiped at one cupcake while waiting for people to gather around. Smart boy quickly out his fingers into his mouth for a taste. A bewildered look followed by a smile of approval. He wanted more. I let him have a few more licks of the frosting.

After plying the guests with food and drinks and giving them food to tapau back, most of them soon left and we started cleaning up the place. After a quick nap, Jon woke up and we helped him unwrap his presents. We told the guests not to buy any gifts coz he is only 1 year old and doesn't know how to play with most of them, unless we teach and engage him. Anyways, he was so happy and high that we took quite a while to put him to bed at night.

We are very happy and blessed Jon has reached one year old. We thank God for his protection over Jonathan and he is growing healthily and is an active baby. We also want to thank our friends for all your well wishes. Simon's parents for allowing the party to be held at home and Stanley and Grace for their help. Now, time to rest and recuperate. I was down last week with a cold and Simon over the weekend. Thankfully, we didn't get any worse over the weekend.