Happy Birthday James!

James had his first birthday on April 9th! Cade and Rylee loved having a birthday party for him. He actually got 3 parties. We went to Utah that weekend and decided it was a good excuse to get family together to party! So we had a party on his birthday at home, one with the Ratcliffe side, and then one on the Black side. It was great to see so much family.

Here are pictures taken in the backyard on his birthday. 

 That night we opened presents and had cupcakes. He was pretty excited about his candle.

Here is is first cupcake. He tried eating it but I am not sure how much he got in his mouth. He ate some but overall wasn't a huge fan of the cupcake. Just kind of hard for him to eat.

But this was his face after his first bite of ice cream. Definitely an ice cream fan. :)

These are at Grandma Ratcliffe's house at James' second party.

 James loved Dusty. He would actually lean to him so Dusty would hold him. He does even do that with Cole!

These are pretty terrible quality pictures but here is the final party at the Allen's house.

James is so much fun.
-He has a pretty intense character.
-He is very small-like the 9th percentile for weight and 1% for height.
-His hair is pretty bright red and big blue eyes. I get lots of comments on both.
-He has one tiny tooth on bottom. He hasn't shown interest in table food yet but I feel like he turned 1 and now he is totally interested! He is doing much better eating and showing interest in table food. -He knows one sign so far: eat. He is very good at it now.
-He loves balloons and balls. (and most things that are not toys).
-He actually is a terrible sleeper. We are working on that.
-He loves Cade and Rylee. He watches them and gets happy to see them.
-He is a proficient crawler and no where near walking.

That is a little it about James right now! We love him to death and are excited to continue watching him grow!