The Actual Day and the Party Day

So Kyler's actual birthday was a big day for Brian. He had a test in his hardest class AND he was defending his doctoral presentation that day, so needless to say, I figured we'd do nothing. But Brian surprised us by skipping some classes, and we went out to play. We went to Liberty Park, and had a wonderful picnic, then we went over to this little river/splash park that Kyler loves.

Kyler got this funny crawl because the cement was hurting his knees



Brian gave his presentation with flying colors and it was excepted (wahoo!), so then we took Kyler and went out to dinner with some of Brian's school friends who also defended that day. All in all it was a great day.

We celebrated his birthday on Saturday at my Cabin. We opened presents throughout the day so he'd get some good one on one time with each gift giver. He got:

A WAY cute suit from my Mom and the girls

The cutest toy train ever from Jeff and Leslie

And a fun new book from G & G Smith, Aunt Kiki, and Aunt Juju with LOTS of cloths (Thank you!!)

The rain held off just long enough for us to enjoy the outdoors, and eat dinner.

Then the best part...the CAKE! We made a sand castle cake because Kyler loves to eat sand. Our little Sand Monster.

What a great day! Thanks to everyone who came! And to top it off, Kyler took his first steps that day, here's proof.